Tuai Surname

772,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 368 people bear this surname

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

Tuai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1991:40,9734,986
United States621:5,846,112285,490
Solomon Islands341:17,0603,300
Malaysia241:1,228,92653,021
Liberia151:293,90216,977
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Tuai (308) may also be a first name.

Tuai Last Name Facts

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

Tuai (Marathi: तुफ़ै, Oriya: ତୁଆଇ) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuai? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 772,238th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 19,803,114 people. The last name Tuai occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 65 percent of Tuai live; 65 percent live in Oceania Islands and 54 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 501,377th most commonly held forename internationally It is held by 308 people.

This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 40,973. In Papua New Guinea Tuai is most prevalent in: Southern Highlands, where 18 percent reside, Central, where 13 percent reside and Morobe, where 10 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 9 percent reside.

Tuai Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tuai last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.

The amount Tuai earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.43% more than the national average, earning $45,925 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.33% less than the national average, earning $47,532 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuaoi899/
Thuai895/
Tuais893/
Tuaid891/
Thuais802/
Tua'oi801/
Thuaij801/
Tuoi751,276/
Duai75218/
Tuae753/
Touhahi731/
Duais6759/
Tuohi6751/
Duaij6742/
Duaip6732/
Duait6720/
Tuayo6712/
Tuaeu679/
Tuaoa678/
Tueae677/
Duaid676/
Duahi676/
Duaei673/
Tuaae672/
Tuhae672/
Tuois671/
Twahi671/
Duaie671/
Tuoih671/
Dueai671/
Tuaeh671/
Tuaey671/
Tuoay670/

Tuai Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tuai in the Oriya language
ତୁଆଇtu'a'i-
Tuai in the Marathi language
तुफ़ैtufai-

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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 Tuai
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