Tatau Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Tatau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 162 | 1:50,332 | 6,316 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Solomon Islands | 26 | 1:22,309 | 4,345 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Kiribati | 4 | 1:28,352 | 669 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Tatau (148) may also be a first name.
Tatau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tatau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tatau (Russian: Татау) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tatau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 933,049th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 25,842,361 people. The surname Tatau is primarily found in Oceania, where 73 percent of Tatau reside; 73 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 57 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 757,758th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 148 people.
The last name Tatau is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 50,332. In Papua New Guinea Tatau is most common in: West New Britain, where 48 percent reside, Milne Bay, where 15 percent reside and Madang, where 14 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 11 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tatau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tatau in the Russian language | ||
| Татау | tatau | - |
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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 Tatau
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