Tangimetua Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cook Islands
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

Tangimetua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tangimetua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cook Islands421:43340
New Zealand191:238,33322,631
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tangimetua (32) may also be a first name.

Tangimetua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tangimetua is more commonly found in The Cook Islands than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tangimetua? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,168,711th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Tangimetua are found; 55 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 55 percent are found in Polynesia. Tangimetua is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 32 people.

The surname Tangimetua is most common in The Cook Islands, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 433. In The Cook Islands it is most numerous in: Rarotonga, where 86 percent reside and Aitutaki, where 14 percent reside. Outside of The Cook Islands this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 25 percent reside and Australia, where 18 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tangimate74171/
Dingimtu671/
Tengemtu671/
Tangemoto6389/
Tengemetey601/
Dengimote532/
Tangemmadi503/

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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 Tangimetua
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