Tekanawa Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

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

Tekanawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tekanawa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tekanawa Last Name Facts

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

Tekanawa is more frequently found in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tekanawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Tekanawa occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 79 percent of Tekanawa live; 79 percent live in Australasia and 79 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most frequently held in New Zealand, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 646,903. In New Zealand it is most common in: Waikato Region, where 86 percent are found and Auckland Region, where 14 percent are found. Besides New Zealand this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 29 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Takanawa88384/
Tekanawe882/
Tekanaba881/
Takenawa751,014/
Tekanova75551/
Tokanowa755/
Tekonaba751/
Takanaeva7168/
Tokanaeva7115/
Tuikenawa714/
Tokanovaa711/
Takhanaeva671/
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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 Tekanawa
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