Tontau Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Tontau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 94 | 1:1,360,046 | 23,299 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Tontau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tontau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tontau is found in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tontau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tontau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tontau is the 1,907,068th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Tontau is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Tontau are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
The surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 1,360,046. In Japan it is mostly found in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 65 percent reside, Toyama Prefecture, where 19 percent reside and Nara Prefecture, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Japan Tontau is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 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 Tontau
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