Tafeni Surname

128,586th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,524 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tafeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,3951:15,9582,016
Zimbabwe651:237,51126,018
Zambia381:417,10320,300
England161:3,482,379114,324
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Tafeni (16) may also be a first name.

Tafeni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tafeni is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Tafeni click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafeni? popularity and diffusion

It is the 128,586th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,067,976 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tafeni reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 16 people.

The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 3,395 people, or 1 in 15,958. In South Africa Tafeni is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 65 percent are found, Western Cape, where 19 percent are found and Gauteng, where 8 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.

Tafeni Last Name Statistics demography

Tafeni earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.36% less than the national average, earning R 160,728 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thafeni922,045/
Tafeani922/
Taffeni921/
Tahafeni861/
Tofeni83267/
Tafini83111/
Tafena8328/
Tafenh8318/
Tafene832/
Taffini77115/
Thafene77102/
Taifena7755/
Tofenio7742/
Tafenoa773/
Tafener772/
Taufini771/
Thafeny771/
Tafhini771/
Taffeny770/
Taufener714/
Taffener713/
Taifener711/
Taffenee711/
Tafeiner711/
Toufengi711/
Thaffini711/
Taffinis711/
Tofini6738/
Tafine6729/
Tauffener6711/
Tofene672/
Tafiny671/
Tofena671/

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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 Tafeni
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