Tapuna Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

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

Tapuna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tapuna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea311:263,02335,917
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Tapuna (48) may also be a first name.

Tapuna Last Name Facts

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

Tapuna (Hindi: तपुना, Oriya: ତପୁନା) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tapuna.

How Common Is The Last Name Tapuna? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tapuna is the 2,718,172nd most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 84 percent of Tapuna live; 84 percent live in Oceania Islands and 61 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tapuna is also the 1,448,253rd most numerous given name at a global level, held by 48 people.

This surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 263,023. In Papua New Guinea Tapuna is most common in: Enga, where 55 percent reside, Hela, where 29 percent reside and Western Highlands, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea Tapuna occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 14 percent reside and India, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tapunha9212/
Tapunga921/
Tapunea921/
Tappuna920/
Tapounga8619/
Tapungai861/
Tapfunga861/
Tapona83113/
Tapuni8338/
Tepuna8315/
Tapune834/
Tapaungai8016/
Tapinay77191/
Tapunyo7742/
Tapoona7740/
Tappuni7728/
Tapaune7725/
Taponaa776/
Tapunoi772/
Tapunou772/
Topunoa771/
Tapaunh771/
Tadpuno771/
Tapounet7192/
Tappouni7173/
Tatpunje7155/
Tepuhyna712/
Tapungoi711/
Tapounou711/
Tahpouno711/
Tapone6761/
Tahpounou6744/
Topona6713/
Tapoungou677/
Thaphinna675/
Tapiņa672/
Tepuno671/
Topuno671/
Topuni671/

Tapuna Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tapuna in the Hindi language
तपुनाtapuna-
Tapuna in the Oriya language
ତପୁନାtapuna66.67
ଟପୁନାtapuna33.33

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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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  • 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 Tapuna
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