Tafayo Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Tafayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda221:1,774,51360,490
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Tafayo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tafayo has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafayo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,034,050th most widespread last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Tafayo reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Tafayo is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 1,774,513. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Kaliro District, where 32 percent reside, Ntungamo District, where 27 percent reside and Bugiri District, where 5 percent reside. Besides Uganda it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Tafayo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tafayo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tafayo last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafay91340/
Tofayo83249/
Tafaya8311/
Tafaye8311/
Tasfay839/
Tafoyo835/
Taffay834/
Tafiyo833/
Tafaiy832/
Taafay831/
Tafayi831/
Tefayo831/
Tafyoa831/
Tafuyo830/
Tasfaye772,751/
Tapfaya7752/
Tafayat773/
Tafayeh773/
Thafeyo771/
Toffayo771/
Teafaye771/
Tafayah771/
Tashfay770/
Tafaj731,657/
Tafai73834/
Tafuy73242/
Tafau73204/
Tafou73177/
Tafea73133/
Tafae7348/
Tafoa7346/
Tafoi7341/
Tafoe7322/
Tofay7310/
Tefay739/
Tafaa738/
Tafey736/
Tafoy735/
Tafoj731/
Tafayesh7116/
Tofayova711/
Tafoya6717,376/
Tefaye671,293/
Taffou67290/
Tafiya67227/
Tofaya67128/
Taifoi6768/
Teafoe6763/
Taffae6729/
Tafouh6727/
Tafaie6717/
Tafa'a679/
Tafaja679/
Taufoa677/
Tafuja677/
Taifau675/
Tasfai674/
Tafija674/
Taifai674/
Taifou674/
Tefahy674/
Tafoia673/
Toffay673/
Taffey673/
Tefaya672/
Tafaii672/
Thafai672/
Tafaiz672/
Taufou672/
Thafoa671/
Taffoa671/
Tofiyo671/
Tofuyo671/
Tayfoy671/
Tasfaouet671/
Tasfey671/
Tofaio671/
Thafey671/
Tawfea671/
Tafeua671/
Tafaji671/
Tafoué671/
Tadfou671/
Tafoue671/
Tafaia671/
Tafeya671/
Taffaa671/
Tafoye671/
Tofoyo671/
Tahfou671/
Tafous671/
Tuofay670/

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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 Tafayo
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