te Tai Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

te Tai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

te Tai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand1071:42,3217,058
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

te Tai Last Name Facts

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

The surname te Tai occurs more in New Zealand more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name te Tai? popularity and diffusion

The surname te Tai is the 1,537,949th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of te Tai live; 97 percent live in Australasia and 97 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most commonly held in New Zealand, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 42,321. In New Zealand te Tai is most numerous in: Auckland Region, where 61 percent are found, Northland Region, where 20 percent are found and Waikato Region, where 9 percent are found. Besides New Zealand this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
te Thai921/
ter Thai861/
te Tau8368/
te Tas832/
te Tii831/
te Toi831/
te Tay831/
te Tea831/
te Teji771/
te Te73297/
ter Thij711/
te Tue672/
te Teh672/
ter Te671/

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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 te Tai
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis