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) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tatau.
How Common Is The Last Name Tatau? popularity and diffusion
Tatau is the 933,049th most numerous surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 73 percent of Tatau live; 73 percent live in Oceania Islands and 57 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tatau is also the 757,758th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 148 people.
This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 50,332. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: West New Britain, where 48 percent are found, Milne Bay, where 15 percent are found and Madang, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 11 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 9 percent are found.
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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