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 borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tapuna.

How Common Is The Last Name Tapuna? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,718,172nd most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 84 percent of Tapuna are found; 84 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 61 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Tapuna is also the 1,448,253rd most frequent forename at a global level, borne by 48 people.

The last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 263,023. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Enga, where 55 percent live, Hela, where 29 percent live and Western Highlands, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 14 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.

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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