Taunai Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Taunai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Taunai (33) may also be a first name.
Taunai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taunai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Taunai is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Taunai.
How Common Is The Last Name Taunai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,152,526th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Taunai live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 97 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Taunai is also the 1,807,719th most frequently used given name in the world. It is borne by 33 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 108,716. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Madang, where 44 percent are found, East Sepik, where 28 percent are found and Bougainville, where 19 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Taunai
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