Tafamba Surname
Approximately 230 people bear this surname
Tafamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 217 | 1:71,144 | 10,577 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tafamba (517) may also be a first name.
Tafamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tafamba occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,076,574th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 31,684,982 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tafamba are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 371,657th most prevalent forename at a global level, borne by 517 people.
This last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 217 people, or 1 in 71,144. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 47 percent are found, Harare Province, where 25 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe Tafamba exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 4 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Tafamba
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