Tuakau Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

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

Tuakau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuakau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea251:326,14943,617
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Tuakau Last Name Facts

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

Tuakau is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuakau? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tuakau is the 3,798,600th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Tuakau are found; 96 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 93 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Tuakau is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 326,149. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 100 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea Tuakau exists in 2 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 4 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuaka9186/
Tuaku913/
Tuhaka83173/
Tuakeu8359/
Tuakai8320/
Tuakea833/
Tuakka831/
Tuhaika77117/
Duakaju777/
Tuakaji771/
Touhaka771/
Tuatkha771/
Twaku73427/
Duaka73180/
Twaka73124/
Tuaca7327/
Duaku736/
Tuoka735/
Tuoku732/
Tuakoi67218/
Twaska6729/
Thwaku6721/
Tuakei6715/
Tuasca6714/
Twakha678/
Duakka676/
Duakai673/
Duakah671/
Tweaku671/
Ttuaca671/
Twaika671/

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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
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  • 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 Tuakau
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