Taravai Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Taravai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
Taravai (178) may also be a first name.
Taravai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taravai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Taravai (Russian: Тараваи) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Taravai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taravai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Taravai is primarily found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Taravai reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 60 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Taravai is also the 683,417th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 178 people.
The surname Taravai is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: East New Britain, where 89 percent reside and West New Britain, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea Taravai exists in one country. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 40 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Taravai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Taravai in the Russian language | ||
| Тараваи | taravai | - |
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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 Taravai
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