Tau is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tau
No. of characters: 3
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Tau

How popular is Tau?

Tau is common in South Africa.

Tau is ranked 10263 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Taus grew by 37.33681 per cent to 526 since 2000 and ranked 41359 after elevating 9760 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 58.94 52.74
White 27.95 33.68
Others 7.79 7.31
Tau is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Papua New Guinea which signifies that it is originated from Papua New Guinea. Around 52269 people have been found who wears Tau as their family name. Tau is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,193 Marshall Islands7
48,950 Moldova6
103,755 Czech Republic5
8,689 Pakistan4
138 Solomon Islands3
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
70,383 Tanzania3
144,523 Kazakhstan2
12,161 Wales2
385 American Samoa2
54,135 Philippines2
4,231 Jamaica2
18,625 Japan2
20,186 Kenya2
11,736 Lithuania2
41,879 Turkey2
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
2,211 Brunei1
37,779 Serbia1
91,024 Belgium1
5,872 Namibia1
7,847 Albania1
7,191 Afghanistan1
53,033 Nigeria1
14,618 Guyana1
24,771 Colombia1
6,688 Malawi1
2,724 New Caledonia1
31,207 Ireland1
7,941 Guatemala1
17,575 Kuwait1
21,562 Portugal1
42,479 Greece1
591 Samoa1
77,122 Sweden1
11,486 Estonia1
97 Tuvalu1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
573 Vanuatu1
19,810 Croatia1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
1,572 Macau1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
63,701 Canada46
17,488 Norway39
1,135 Iceland35
34,765 Zimbabwe35
12,692 Scotland33
1,506 China31
21,901 Chile27
93 Cook Islands20
83,233 Spain16
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
383 French Polynesia99
93,642 France98
3,743 Singapore89
13,957 Switzerland81
37,331 Netherlands58
Countries with hundreds of Tau:
15,719 Brazil843
6,578 Argentina806
3,320 Malaysia734
44,670 United States610
4,353 Romania543
870 Taiwan406
18,340 England296
996 Hong Kong261
34,473 Italy258
3,289 New Zealand232
50,182 Germany202
5,507 Israel200
623 Fiji195
18,510 Australia139
132,685 India138
23,602 Mexico131
Countries with thousands of Tau:
27 Lesotho4,744
14 Botswana3,792
972 Vietnam2,385
11,150 Indonesia1,123
Countries with ten thousands of Tau:
3 Papua New Guinea20,174
514 South Africa13,260
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Tau Namesakes

  • Ada Tauler, Actress
  • Barbara Tausia, Choreographer
  • Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay, Writer
  • Inger Taube, Actress
  • Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, Author
  • Aino Taube, Film actress
  • Arana Taumata, Rugby league Five-eighth
  • Akira Taue, Professional wrestler
  • Simon Taufel, Cricket Umpire
  • Alejo Taube, Film editor

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