Taviga Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Taviga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taviga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea251:326,14943,617
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Taviga (14) may also be a first name.

Taviga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Taviga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Taviga is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Taviga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,798,600th most prevalent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Taviga reside; 93 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 93 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Taviga is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 14 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 326,149. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: East New Britain, where 60 percent reside and West New Britain, where 40 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and Thailand, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tavinga9212/
Tavigas921/
Tavhinga869/
Tavuga83262/
Tabiga8369/
Tavega831/
Tabigay7785/
Tevigau7720/
Tavenga7714/
Tabigga775/
Taboiga773/
Towaiga771/
Tavuuga771/
Tavegah771/
Theviga771/
Tabigat771/
Tabigas771/
Tampigay7141/
Tobiga6725/
Tabigo676/
Tawega674/
Tawuga671/
Tabega671/

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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 Taviga
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