Tafah Surname
Approximately 1,559 people bear this surname
Tafah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,092 | 1:70,314 | 7,358 |
| Cameroon | 211 | 1:98,432 | 11,665 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Iraq | 84 | 1:416,924 | 7,373 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Tafah (76) may also be a first name.
Tafah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tafah occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 253,527th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,674,500 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Tafah are found; 70 percent are found in South Asia and 70 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,107,702nd most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 76 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 1,092 people, or 1 in 70,314. In Iran it is most frequent in: Khuzestan Province, where 90 percent reside, Fars Province, where 9 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 1 percent reside. Other than Iran this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside and Morocco, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Tafah
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