Tafarki Surname
Approximately 580 people bear this surname
Tafarki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 477 | 1:371,368 | 19,809 |
| Niger | 95 | 1:202,021 | 6,807 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Tafarki (169) may also be a first name.
Tafarki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafarki Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tafarki occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafarki? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tafarki is the 550,571st most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 12,564,734 people. The surname Tafarki occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tafarki reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 703,581st most common given name on earth, borne by 169 people.
Tafarki is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 477 people, or 1 in 371,368. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kaduna, where 26 percent reside, Niger, where 24 percent reside and Kebbi, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 16 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tafariki | 93 | 24 | / |
| Ta Farki | 93 | 6 | / |
| Tafaraki | 93 | 1 | / |
| Tafrki | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tafarke | 86 | 42 | / |
| Tafaruk | 86 | 27 | / |
| Tafariq | 86 | 3 | / |
| Tavarki | 86 | 2 | / |
| Tafarka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tofariki | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ta Farke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tefariki | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tafarchi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tavark | 77 | 8 | / |
| Tafrqi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Tafrić | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tafric | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tafarqeis | 75 | 6 | / |
| Tfrk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tavarak | 71 | 271 | / |
| Tafarag | 71 | 93 | / |
| Tvaraki | 71 | 8 | / |
| Tavarik | 71 | 8 | / |
| Taofrek | 71 | 3 | / |
| Tavaruk | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tvarkki | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taufriq | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taforko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taforku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tafareq | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tavraki | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tafaraqh | 67 | 119 | / |
| Tavarakh | 67 | 39 | / |
| Davarkia | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tapharuk | 67 | 4 | / |
| Taivarak | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tafrruku | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tavarukh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Taoferek | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tfryk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Davaraki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tavaruka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tapharak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tafaaruq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tavara K | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tavarako | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tavariko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tivariki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tifourki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taviraki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tfarq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tafarooq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tafourchi | 63 | 1 | / |
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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 Tafarki
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