Tuava 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

Tuava Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuava Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Tuava Last Name Facts

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

Tuava (Russian: Туава) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuava? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tuava is the 4,908,606th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Tuava live; 81 percent live in Oceania Islands and 81 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Tuava is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Eastern Highlands, where 92 percent live and East Sepik, where 8 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea Tuava occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 6 percent live and New Zealand, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuavai915/
Tuaua8048/
Tuova8040/
Tuawa8015/
Tuavi8012/
Tuave809/
Duava806/
Tuaba803/
Tuavo801/
Tuhova7352/
Tuabas7332/
Tuaway732/
Tuaves731/
Tuabay731/
Tuaboa731/
Tuabea731/

Tuava Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tuava in the Russian language
Туаваtuava-

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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 Tuava
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