Tovua Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Tovua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tovua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea321:254,80434,943
Solomon Islands181:32,2246,317

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

Tovua is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tovua.

How Common Is The Last Name Tovua? popularity and diffusion

Tovua is the 2,746,821st most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Tovua are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 64 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Tovua is also the 2,239,265th most common first name in the world It is held by 23 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 254,804. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: East New Britain, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 36 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tovuat913/
Tovuap911/
Topua80314/
Tobua80297/
Tovba80163/
Tavua80142/
Tofua804/
Tobva801/
Tovva801/
Tevua801/
Topuha73173/
Toubba73143/
Thofua7378/
Tobuat7357/
Tapouha672/
Tabouha672/
Tasvwua671/
Toupwai671/

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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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