Fifita

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A surname from Tongan

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/fifitə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Fifita is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Tonga it is the 4th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 474K(measured from records)
  • TOTonga≈1 in 2.6K
  • FJFiji≈1 in 15K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

702 people, 2010

Sources
106 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Tonga, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A surname from Tongan.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Fifita counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Fifita is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—7021 in 474K722Fifita106
AU Australia—≈270 est.≈1 in 96K1Fifita66
NZ New Zealand—≈150 est.≈1 in 32K—Fifita37
PH Philippines—≈100 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Fifita1
FJ Fiji#166≈64 est.≈1 in 15K—Fifita4
TO Tonga#4≈41 est.≈1 in 2.6K2.3KFifita11
MT Malta—≈7 est.≈1 in 62K—Fifita1
TC Turks & Caicos Islands—≈3 est.≈1 in 16K—Fifita1

702 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; The page provides detailed information about Tongan surnames, their meanings, and cultural significance, published by su; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Fifita is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Algeria, New Zealand, Canada

    Also written Fifità

  • Arabic surname34 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Fîfïtä, Fïfita, Fîfïtâ, Fîfìtâ, Fïfītã

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Fifità, Fįfita, Fïfîtä, Fïfîta

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19401960198020002020Tonga Fifita, b. 1959Steve Fifita, b. 1982Tanga Loa, b. 1983Vaea Fifita, b. 1992Sosefo Fifita, b. 2003
  • Tonga Fifitab. 1959TOTongan professional wrestler
  • Steve Fifitab. 1982USAmerican football player (born 1982)
  • Tanga Loab. 1983USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler (born 1983)
  • Vaea Fifitab. 1992NZTongan-New Zealand rugby union footballer
  • Sosefo Fifitab. 2003NZAustralian rugby league footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Fifita,
InformalHi Fifita,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Fifita
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020722#33,884
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010702#32,710
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000477#42,757
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Fifita mean, and where does it come from?
A surname from Tongan. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Fifita?
A machine transcription gives /fifitə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Fifita have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 702 people named Fifita, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fifita.
How common is the name Fifita?
In the United States, the national register counted 702 people named Fifita in 2010, about 1 in 474 thousand residents.
How common is Fifita compared with other names?
In Tonga, Fifita is the 4th most common surname of 28 surnames recorded there.

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The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fifita” — the 4th most common surname in Tonga. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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