Taafa Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Taafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Taafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Taafa occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Taafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Taafa is the 5,587,209th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Taafa is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Taafa live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger Taafa is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Niger this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 33 percent live and Benin, where 8 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 Taafa
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