Tokau Surname
Approximately 419 people bear this surname
Tokau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 331 | 1:24,634 | 2,717 |
| Indonesia | 86 | 1:1,537,781 | 102,932 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tokau (131) may also be a first name.
Tokau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tokau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tokau is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tokau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 702,422nd most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 17,392,711 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 79 percent of Tokau are found; 79 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 79 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Tokau is also the 811,108th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 131 people.
The last name Tokau is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 331 people, or 1 in 24,634. In Papua New Guinea Tokau is most frequent in: East New Britain, where 69 percent reside, New Ireland, where 11 percent reside and Madang, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 21 percent reside and Australia, where 0 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
- 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 Tokau
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