Tanepa Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

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

Tanepa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanepa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
India71:109,580,769786,157
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tanepa (14) may also be a first name.

Tanepa Last Name Facts

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

Tanepa is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanepa? popularity and diffusion

Tanepa is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Tanepa occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 64 percent of Tanepa live; 64 percent live in Oceania Islands and 64 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tanepa is also the 3,024,661st most common first name globally It is held by 14 people.

The last name Tanepa is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Tanepa is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 62 percent live and Bougainville, where 38 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea Tanepa is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 32 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tanepau92211/
Tanepoa9227/
Tanaepa923/
Tanepas921/
Taneepat8657/
Taneepap862/
Tanapa83415/
Tanipa8375/
Tanopa838/
Tanepe836/
Tenepa832/
Tanjpa831/
Tonepa831/
Thaneepat804/
Taneephat801/
Tanipah7728/
Tanappa7717/
Taenapa777/
Thanapa776/
Tanapha774/
Tanipay773/
Tanepui771/
Tangepi771/
Tanapay771/
Tanaapa771/
Tagnipa771/
Tanipat771/
Tannipat7153/
Tanaipat7132/
Tagnepis7119/
Tangipau7116/
Tannapai7111/
Tanaphai719/
Tagnipaz714/
Thamnipa713/
Thanipat712/
Tagnepiz711/
Tanipath711/
Tagnepes711/
Thanapah711/
Thanapha711/
Thainapa711/
Tanaappa711/
Thanoppa711/
Thanappa711/
Tanapo673,601/
Tonapa672,211/
Tannaphai67241/
Thannipat67165/
Tanopo67164/
Thainapha67153/
Thamnipha6768/
Tanipo6722/
Tonopa6720/
Tenapa6715/
Thaniphat6714/
Tonipa6712/
Tanipi6710/
Thaniphap677/
Tonepe675/
Tenipa673/
Tenepo671/
Tannipatt671/
Tenopa671/
Thanaphai671/
Tanaipaya671/
Thannipha671/

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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 Tanepa
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