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
Taafa is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Taafa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Taafa is the 5,587,209th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Taafa are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
It is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Niger this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common 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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