Tuafe Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

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

Tuafe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuafe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tuafe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tuafe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tuafe occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuafe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Tuafe are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Tuafe is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Tuafe is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuafer911/
Tuaf8983/
Tuafa8012/
Duafe801/
Tuafio7355/
Tuafai7326/
Touhaf739/
Tuhaif734/
Duafee730/
Touhafi67770/
Tuab6721/
Tuaw672/
Tuav671/
Twaf671/

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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 Tuafe
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