Tanuai Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

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

Tanuai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tanuai Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand501:1,412,767195,138
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tanuai (17) may also be a first name.

Tanuai Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tanuai occurs in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanuai? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,483,783rd most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Tanuai live; 83 percent live in Southeast Asia and 83 percent live in Tai-Asia. Tanuai is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 17 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 1,412,767. In Thailand Tanuai is most common in: Chanthaburi Province, where 100 percent reside. Not including Thailand this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tonuai831/
Tanwoua773/
Tonhuai771/
Tanvoua771/
Tanvae671/
Tanwae671/
Tanbae671/
Thongnuaid634/
Tonwoua622/
Tamboui621/
Tambaui621/
Tambaiye576/
Tamwahit571/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Tanuai
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