Tafeni Surname
Approximately 3,524 people bear this surname
Tafeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3,395 | 1:15,958 | 2,016 |
| Zimbabwe | 65 | 1:237,511 | 26,018 |
| Zambia | 38 | 1:417,103 | 20,300 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Tafeni (16) may also be a first name.
Tafeni Demographics
Average Tafeni Salary in
South Africa
R 160,728
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Tafeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tafeni is found most in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tafeni click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafeni? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tafeni is the 128,586th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,067,976 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tafeni live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held forename on earth, held 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 it is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 65 percent reside, Western Cape, where 19 percent reside and Gauteng, where 8 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside and Zambia, where 1 percent reside.
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thafeni | 92 | 2,045 | / |
| Tafeani | 92 | 2 | / |
| Taffeni | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tahafeni | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tofeni | 83 | 267 | / |
| Tafini | 83 | 111 | / |
| Tafena | 83 | 28 | / |
| Tafenh | 83 | 18 | / |
| Tafene | 83 | 2 | / |
| Taffini | 77 | 115 | / |
| Thafene | 77 | 102 | / |
| Taifena | 77 | 55 | / |
| Tofenio | 77 | 42 | / |
| Tafenoa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tafener | 77 | 2 | / |
| Taufini | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thafeny | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tafhini | 77 | 1 | / |
| Taffeny | 77 | 0 | / |
| Taufener | 71 | 4 | / |
| Taffener | 71 | 3 | / |
| Taifener | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taffenee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tafeiner | 71 | 1 | / |
| Toufengi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thaffini | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taffinis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tofini | 67 | 38 | / |
| Tafine | 67 | 29 | / |
| Tauffener | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tofene | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tafiny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tofena | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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