Tadefo Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tadefo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tadefo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon961:216,34421,934
England51:11,143,612252,590
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Tadefo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tadefo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tadefo occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tadefo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,828,462nd most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Tadefo live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Tadefo is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 216,344. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 53 percent are found, West Region, where 44 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tadeffo921/
Tadefa83852/
Tedefo8359/
Tadifo833/
Tedeffo7743/
Tadiffo7713/
Tadiofo773/
Todeafo772/
Tadefeu771/
Tadifa672,082/
Tadafa6711/
Tedefa674/
Todafo671/
Tedefeu6271/
Tadoffa622/
Tadifat621/
Toudafo621/
Tedafa504/

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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
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  • 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 Tadefo
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