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
The surname Tafay (Arabic: تافاي, Russian: Тафай) is found most frequently in Afghanistan. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tafay is the 818,364th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Tafay reside; 83 percent reside in South Asia and 83 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Tafay is also the 2,239,265th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 23 people.
The last name Tafay is most frequently held 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 reside, Kunduz, where 13 percent reside and Badakhshan, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Afghanistan it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
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
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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 Tafay
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