Tuau Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

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

Tuau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea611:133,66718,337
New Zealand471:96,34713,070
France351:1,897,792163,564
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Tuau (34) may also be a first name.

Tuau Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tuau is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuau? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,369,340th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Tuau are found; 39 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 39 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Tuau is also the 1,775,424th most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 34 people.

This surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 133,667. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West New Britain, where 59 percent reside, Central, where 15 percent reside and West Sepik, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 29 percent reside and France, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thuau89544/
Tuaux89208/
Tuaud8928/
Tuaeu899/
Thuaud80506/
Thuaux8081/
Tuault8011/
Thuaut806/
Duau7585/
Tuou7517/
Thuault73764/
Touhaou732/
Duaut67180/
Duaux6737/
Duaud672/
Duahu671/
Dueau671/
Duault601,158/
Tuohou601/
Douhaou5515/
Tuoyuha555/
Duehaus550/
Duou505/
Touhohou501/

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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 Tuau
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