Tafeti Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Tafeti Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 52 | 1:198,762 | 18,872 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tafeti Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafeti Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tafeti has its highest incidence in Benin. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafeti? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tafeti is the 2,580,327th most frequently used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Tafeti live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 198,762. In Benin it is most frequent in: Atakora Department, where 63 percent reside, Donga Department, where 31 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 2 percent reside. Besides Benin Tafeti is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tafetit | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tafetist | 86 | 2 | / |
| Tafete | 83 | 2,101 | / |
| Tafiti | 83 | 61 | / |
| Tofeti | 83 | 43 | / |
| Tafeta | 83 | 4 | / |
| Tafeticht | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tofetti | 77 | 102 | / |
| Toffeti | 77 | 26 | / |
| Tafetoa | 77 | 25 | / |
| Thafete | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tafette | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tafeate | 77 | 1 | / |
| Toffetti | 71 | 218 | / |
| Taufetee | 71 | 52 | / |
| Tafetech | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taufette | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tafita | 67 | 170 | / |
| Taufete'e | 67 | 24 | / |
| Tofete | 67 | 13 | / |
| Tofiti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tofeta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tofette | 62 | 2 | / |
| Toufiti | 62 | 1 | / |
| Taphetta | 57 | 3 | / |
| Tafaaite | 57 | 1 | / |
| Touffette | 53 | 39 | / |
| Tofite | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Tafeti
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