Tokava Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Tokava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
Tokava (19) may also be a first name.
Tokava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tokava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tokava (Russian: Токава) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tokava? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tokava is the 3,141,416th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Tokava live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 82 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tokava is also the 2,523,061st most common first name in the world, held by 19 people.
This surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 254,804. In Papua New Guinea Tokava is mostly found in: New Ireland, where 69 percent reside, Bougainville, where 22 percent reside and National Capital District, where 6 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in New Caledonia, where 10 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tokava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tokava in the Russian language | ||
| Токава | tokava | - |
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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 Tokava
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