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 surname Tavonga has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tavonga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Tavonga is mostly found in Oceania, where 56 percent of Tavonga reside; 56 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 56 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Tavonga is also the 174,293rd most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 1,902 people.

The surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: West New Britain, where 100 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 11 percent reside.

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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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  • 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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