Tewao Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

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

Tewao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tewao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Tewao Last Name Facts

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

Tewao is more commonly found in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tewao? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tewao is the 6,723,624th most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Tewao live; 88 percent live in Australasia and 88 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most prevalent in New Zealand, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 646,903. In New Zealand Tewao is most numerous in: Southland Region, where 86 percent reside and Auckland Region, where 14 percent reside. Beside New Zealand this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tebao80686/
Tawao8059/
Tiwao8016/
Towao806/
Tevao802/
Teivao7350/
Tewouo7333/
Tewoua7317/
Towaho738/
Taiwao736/
Tewaea731/
Tebaou731/
Tebauo731/
Tawaho731/
Thevaos6752/
Tahwaho675/
Tiewoua674/
Thebaho673/
Teuwoua673/
Thebauo671/
Towahao671/
Tewoyia671/
Tewoiya671/
Towaiyo671/
Towahou671/

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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 Tewao
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