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 borne by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Tafaï. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tafai is the 416,960th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,738,065 people. The surname Tafai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 66 percent of Tafai live; 52 percent live in Southeast Asia and 52 percent live in Tai-Asia. Tafai is also the 1,295,729th most commonly held given name world-wide, borne by 58 people.
The surname Tafai is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is held by 430 people, or 1 in 164,275. In Thailand Tafai 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. Without taking into account Thailand this surname exists in 21 countries. It is also found 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
- 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 Tafai
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