Tentau Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Tentau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Kiribati | 9 | 1:12,601 | 393 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
Tentau (276) may also be a first name.
Tentau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tentau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tentau is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tentau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,689,253rd most common surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 85 percent of Tentau live; 85 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 534,713th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 276 people.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 232,963. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: East New Britain, where 94 percent are found, Madang, where 3 percent are found and National Capital District, where 3 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea Tentau is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kiribati, where 17 percent are found and Sweden, where 12 percent are found.
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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 Tentau
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