Tandapu Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tandapu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tandapu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea461:177,25524,620
India351:21,916,154310,282
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

Tandapu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tandapu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Tandapu is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tandapu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,061,309th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 55 percent of Tandapu live; 55 percent live in Oceania Islands and 55 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 177,255. In Papua New Guinea Tandapu is most frequent in: Enga, where 93 percent live, National Capital District, where 4 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 2 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 42 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thandapu938/
Tondapu861,357/
Tandepu8616/
Tandopu861/
Tamdapu861/
Thondapu80393/
Tondaapu807/
Tondhapu805/
Ttondapu803/
Thamdapu803/
Tondeapu801/
Thondaapu753/
Thomndapu751/
Tondepu71779/
Tomdapu712/
Thondepu67261/
Thomdapu674/
Thondopu671/
Tondeepu671/
Thomdhapu634/
Tondopó573/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tandapu
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