Tavonga Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

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

Tavonga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tavonga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Tavonga (1,902) may also be a first name.

Tavonga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tavonga occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tavonga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 56 percent of Tavonga are found; 56 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 56 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Tavonga is also the 174,293rd most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 1,902 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea Tavonga is most numerous in: West New Britain, where 100 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 22 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 11 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 Tavonga
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