Tovua Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Tovua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
Tovua (23) may also be a first name.
Tovua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tovua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tovua occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tovua? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tovua is the 2,746,821st most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Tovua live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 64 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,239,265th most numerous forename world-wide, held by 23 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 254,804. In Papua New Guinea Tovua is most prevalent in: East New Britain, where 100 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 36 percent live.
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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 Tovua
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