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 surname Tafah is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tafah is the 253,527th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 4,674,500 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Tafah reside; 70 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Tafah is also the 1,107,702nd most widespread first name internationally, borne by 76 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 1,092 people, or 1 in 70,314. In Iran Tafah is mostly found in: Khuzestan Province, where 90 percent live, Fars Province, where 9 percent live and Tehran Province, where 1 percent live. Other than Iran this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent live and Morocco, where 9 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
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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 Tafah
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