Tomave Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Tomave Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 46 | 1:177,255 | 24,620 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
Tomave (11) may also be a first name.
Tomave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tomave Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tomave is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tomave? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,776,799th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Tomave are found; 94 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used forename worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name Tomave is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 177,255. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 65 percent live, New Ireland, where 17 percent live and East New Britain, where 9 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Bolivia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomhave | 92 | 305 | / |
| Thomhave | 86 | 30 | / |
| Tamave | 83 | 200 | / |
| Tomabe | 83 | 129 | / |
| Temave | 83 | 23 | / |
| Tomava | 83 | 4 | / |
| Tomawe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tomove | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tomavá | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tamgave | 77 | 32 | / |
| Tomampe | 77 | 16 | / |
| Tamaver | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tomasbe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tomaevi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tamaave | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tomaber | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thomabe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tomovei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tomaoue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tomawei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tomahoue | 71 | 57 | / |
| Tomavich | 71 | 13 | / |
| Thommabe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Thamavet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thomaber | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tomobe | 67 | 3,436 | / |
| Tomawa | 67 | 102 | / |
| Tomevi | 67 | 72 | / |
| Tamavi | 67 | 36 | / |
| Temawe | 67 | 35 | / |
| Tamawe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Tamabe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tamava | 67 | 11 | / |
| Temavi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Thammavej | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tomovi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tomoba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tomawi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tomasvich | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tomowe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tamove | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tomaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tammavech | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tomave
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