Taureka Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Taureka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Taureka (15) may also be a first name.
Taureka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taureka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taureka occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Taureka.
How Common Is The Last Name Taureka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,237,939th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. Taureka is mostly found in Oceania, where 96 percent of Taureka reside; 93 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 93 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Taureka is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 15 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 121,697. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Central, where 57 percent live, National Capital District, where 31 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 1 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
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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 Taureka
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