Tafay Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Tafay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 282 | 1:114,018 | 2,772 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Tafay (23) may also be a first name.
Tafay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tafay (Arabic: تافاي, Russian: Тафай) is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tafay is the 818,364th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Tafay are found; 83 percent are found in South Asia and 83 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Tafay is also the 2,239,265th most common first name internationally, borne by 23 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 282 people, or 1 in 114,018. In Afghanistan Tafay is primarily concentrated in: Takhar, where 72 percent live, Kunduz, where 13 percent live and Badakhshan, where 4 percent live. Not including Afghanistan it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tafay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tafay in the Russian language | ||
| Тафай | tafaj | - |
| Tafay in the Arabic language | ||
| تافاي | tafay | - |
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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 Tafay
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