Tafazal Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Tafazal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafazal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1201:1,488,69916,238
United Arab Emirates481:190,88113,202
Iran111:6,980,229145,986
England51:11,143,612252,590
India41:191,766,3461,073,940

Tafazal (652) may also be a first name.

Tafazal Last Name Facts

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

Tafazal (Marathi: तफजल) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafazal? popularity and diffusion

Tafazal is the 1,235,409th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname Tafazal occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Tafazal reside; 72 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 325,275th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 652 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 1,488,699. In Pakistan Tafazal is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 42 percent are found, Sindh, where 37 percent are found and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Pakistan Tafazal is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 26 percent are found and Iran, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafazale9316/
Taffazal9311/
Tafazzal936/
Tafajal864/
Tafazol862/
Tafasal862/
Tofazal862/
Tafezal861/
Tofazzal801,553/
Tafasale8033/
Tafajjal808/
Tafazole804/
Tafazzol801/
Tafazzole756/
Tofazzol67361/
Tafajoul6717/
Taphajal675/
Tofajjal675/
Tafajool671/
Thafeesal631/
Tafajjool631/
Tofajjol531/

Tafazal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tafazal in the Marathi language
तफजलtaphajala-

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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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  • 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 Tafazal
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