Tavast Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Tavast Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 109 | 1:50,428 | 6,087 |
| Estonia | 35 | 1:37,766 | 7,217 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Tavast Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tavast Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tavast occurs in Finland more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tavast? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tavast is the 1,328,442nd most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. The last name Tavast is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Tavast are found; 92 percent are found in Northern Europe and 72 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name is most frequently used in Finland, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 50,428. In Finland Tavast is most common in: Pirkanmaa, where 41 percent live, Uusimaa, where 24 percent live and Päijänne Tavastia, where 13 percent live. Outside of Finland it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Estonia, where 21 percent live and Iran, where 5 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
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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 Tavast
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