Tafane Surname

301,076th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tafane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,1591:46,7455,952
Niger671:286,4488,737
Lesotho271:75,2809,683
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Tafane (35) may also be a first name.

Tafane Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tafane Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tafane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻃﻔﺎﻥ, Marathi: तफणे) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafane? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 301,076th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 5,774,601 people. The surname Tafane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tafane are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 35 people.

The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 1,159 people, or 1 in 46,745. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 42 percent live, Free State, where 26 percent live and Gauteng, where 13 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 5 percent live and Lesotho, where 2 percent live.

Tafane Last Name Statistics demography

Tafane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.81% less than the national average, earning R 95,496 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafaner9262/
Taifane9245/
Thafane9216/
Tafaune9211/
Taffane922/
Tafanie921/
Tahfane921/
Tafayne921/
Tayfane921/
Tafaine920/
Tafan91130/
Tafehane867/
Thaifane861/
Taufan835,704/
Tafani834,032/
Tayfan83597/
Tafang83197/
Tafana83181/
Tafone83133/
Thafan83129/
Tefane8386/
Taifan8350/
Tofane8331/
Tahfan8330/
Tafine8329/
Tasfan8316/
Taffan833/
Tafene832/
Tafany832/
Tawfan832/
Tafain831/
Tafand831/
Tafanh831/
Tafean831/
Tapfan830/
Taufani771,416/
Taufana77123/
Thafene77102/
Taffani7741/
Taufany7735/
Thaufan7732/
Tavfani7728/
Taffone7727/
Taffany7724/
Thafani7723/
Taffine7722/
Tefaine7720/
Taufand7718/
Taufine7718/
Taifani7710/
Taifana778/
Taifang777/
Tafasin776/
Teffane775/
Thatfan774/
Taufhan772/
Tafeani772/
Toffane772/
Thafany772/
Tauffan772/
Tashfan772/
Taffang772/
Taphane772/
Toufane771/
Tafamny771/
Téfaine771/
Tafogne771/
Tafonne771/
Tafaing771/
Tafangi771/
Toifane771/
Tayfana771/
Tahfani771/
Tapfang771/
Tapfine770/
Taufant770/
Tofan7314,244/
Tafon731,086/
Tafam73495/
Teffaine71119/
Toofanee71103/
Thefaine7139/
Theifane7138/
Toefanie7133/
Taufanoa7130/
Thaufani7112/
Tafongue7111/
Tashfain718/
Toufanie718/
Thaphane715/
Teffanie711/
Toofanie711/
Taifasin711/
Taffenee711/
Taifanyo711/
Tafanova711/
Tafeiner711/
Taffanay711/
Théfaine711/
Tofanett711/
Thafaina711/
Thapfhan711/
Tauffann711/
Taffiney710/
Toufan675,044/
Tofani674,822/
Toffan67442/
Toofan67307/
Tofana67287/
Taphan67264/
Tafham67135/
Tofant6799/
Taffon6765/
Tofaan6762/
Tafona6751/
Tofană6730/
Tofany6729/
Toyfan6722/
Tayfon6722/
Tofang6715/
Tafong6714/
Thafon6714/
Thofan6713/
Tahfon6712/
Tafein6711/
Tofhan678/
Tafiehani677/
Tofone677/
Tefene675/
Tajfam674/
Tahvan674/
Tófani674/
Toifan673/
Tofene672/
Tofine672/
Taffam672/
Towfan672/
Tafoni671/
Tefone671/
Tofaní671/
Thaphanet671/
Taafon671/
Tafoun671/
Tahfam671/
Tafeun671/
Toofannee671/
Ttafon671/
Thaphanee671/
Teafon670/

Tafane Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tafane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻃﻔﺎﻥtfan-
Tafane in the Marathi language
तफणेtaphane-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Tafane
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis