Tapuai Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Tapuai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 24 | 1:188,680 | 19,801 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Samoa | 4 | 1:48,452 | 659 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Tapuai (11) may also be a first name.
Tapuai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tapuai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tapuai is held by more people in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tapuai? popularity and diffusion
Tapuai is the 2,436,415th most widespread surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Tapuai reside; 48 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 45 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. Tapuai is also the 3,487,849th most frequent forename internationally. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in New Zealand, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 188,680. In New Zealand Tapuai is primarily concentrated in: Auckland Region, where 50 percent are found and Wellington Region, where 50 percent are found. Aside from New Zealand this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent are found and American Samoa, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Tapuai
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