Tafai Surname
Approximately 834 people bear this surname
Tafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 430 | 1:164,275 | 26,316 |
| Afghanistan | 105 | 1:306,221 | 4,829 |
| Indonesia | 86 | 1:1,537,781 | 102,932 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Solomon Islands | 42 | 1:13,810 | 2,567 |
| Lesotho | 22 | 1:92,389 | 10,629 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Albania | 5 | 1:582,811 | 19,572 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
The alternate forms: Tafaï (1) are calculated separately.
Tafai (58) may also be a first name.
Tafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tafai (Marathi: तफै) is found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Tafaï. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 416,960th most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 8,738,065 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 66 percent of Tafai reside; 52 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 52 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Tafai is also the 1,295,729th most numerous given name world-wide, held by 58 people.
Tafai is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is borne by 430 people, or 1 in 164,275. In Thailand it is primarily found in: Mae Hong Son Province, where 45 percent live, Chiang Mai Province, where 23 percent live and Chiang Rai Province, where 14 percent live. Beside Thailand Tafai exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tafai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tafai in the Marathi language | ||
| तफै | taphai | - |
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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 Tafai
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