Tafa Surname
Approximately 32,708 people bear this surname
Tafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 14,649 | 1:6,659 | 1,057 |
| Albania | 6,277 | 1:464 | 27 |
| Nigeria | 3,257 | 1:54,388 | 4,139 |
| Egypt | 1,983 | 1:46,362 | 4,614 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,574 | 1:9,808 | 1,223 |
| Greece | 1,063 | 1:10,423 | 1,340 |
| Niger | 662 | 1:28,991 | 1,657 |
| Kosovo | 515 | 1:3,615 | 605 |
| Botswana | 480 | 1:4,556 | 687 |
| South Africa | 415 | 1:130,549 | 15,274 |
| Lebanon | 247 | 1:22,822 | 2,631 |
| Benin | 192 | 1:53,831 | 6,745 |
| Indonesia | 144 | 1:918,397 | 68,422 |
| Tonga | 140 | 1:767 | 219 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| United States | 113 | 1:3,207,601 | 184,423 |
| Algeria | 104 | 1:371,457 | 32,724 |
| France | 88 | 1:754,804 | 92,996 |
| Italy | 58 | 1:1,054,426 | 71,176 |
| Iran | 55 | 1:1,396,046 | 56,996 |
| North Macedonia | 42 | 1:50,035 | 5,380 |
| Ivory Coast | 41 | 1:562,713 | 17,068 |
| Lesotho | 38 | 1:53,488 | 8,156 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Mauritania | 35 | 1:116,996 | 6,922 |
| New Zealand | 34 | 1:133,186 | 15,994 |
| Israel | 34 | 1:251,695 | 22,987 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Turkey | 13 | 1:5,986,263 | 116,031 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Senegal | 11 | 1:1,325,395 | 3,666 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Montenegro | 5 | 1:127,913 | 4,949 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Tafà (1) are calculated separately.
Tafa (54,115) may also be a first name.
Tafa Demographics
Tafa Political Affiliation
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Tafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tafa (Arabic: عطفا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻃﻔﺎ, Hindi: तफा, Oriya: ତଫା, Russian: Тафа) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Tafà. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tafa is the 16,967th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 222,806 people. Tafa occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Tafa live; 45 percent live in East Africa and 45 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tafa is also the 17,274th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 54,115 people.
It is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 14,649 people, or 1 in 6,659. Excluding Ethiopia Tafa occurs in 71 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 19 percent reside and Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.
Tafa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Tafa last name is primarily Shiite (84%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Tafa last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Tafa earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 19.5% less than the national average, earning R 191,292 per year and in United States they earn 2.6% less than the national average, earning $42,027 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tafa in the Hindi language | ||
| तफा | tapha | - |
| Tafa in the Oriya language | ||
| ତଫା | tapha | - |
| Tafa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻃﻔﺎ | tfa | 33.33 |
| ﻃﻔﻰ | tfy | 25 |
| ﻃﻔﺎﺀ | tfa | 25 |
| ﺗﺎﻑ | taf | 8.33 |
| ﻃﻔﻲ | tfy | 8.33 |
| Tafa in the Russian language | ||
| Тафа | tafa | - |
| Tafa in the Arabic language | ||
| عطفا | tfa | - |
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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
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