Whitau Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Whitau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Whitau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whitau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Whitau occurs more in New Zealand more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Whitau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Whitau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Whitau is the 5,812,366th most common last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 82 percent of Whitau live; 82 percent live in Australasia and 82 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.
The surname is most widespread in New Zealand, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 566,040. In New Zealand it is mostly concentrated in: Canterbury Region, where 75 percent live, Auckland Region, where 13 percent live and Otago Region, where 13 percent live. Beside New Zealand it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 9 percent live and Singapore, where 9 percent live.
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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 Whitau
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