Taffa Surname
Approximately 2,574 people bear this surname
Taffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Niger | 310 | 1:61,910 | 2,915 |
| Benin | 293 | 1:35,275 | 4,566 |
| South Africa | 232 | 1:233,525 | 24,103 |
| Australia | 74 | 1:364,807 | 30,412 |
| United States | 41 | 1:8,840,462 | 379,649 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Ivory Coast | 34 | 1:678,566 | 19,270 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Taffa (5,175) may also be a first name.
Taffa Demographics
Average Taffa Salary in
United States
$19,839 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Taffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taffa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻃﻔﻰ, Russian: Таффа) is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Taffa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taffa? popularity and diffusion
Taffa is the 167,978th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,831,214 people. Taffa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Taffa live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 94,156th most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 5,175 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Excluding Ethiopia Taffa is found in 29 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 12 percent are found and Benin, where 11 percent are found.
Taffa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Taffa has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 2,050 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Taffa Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Taffa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 18.67% less than the national average, earning R 193,260 per year; in Colombia they earn 18.2% more than the national average, earning $26,834,500 COP per year and in United States they earn 54.02% less than the national average, earning $19,839 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Taffa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Taffa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻃﻔﻰ | tfy | 33.33 |
| ﻃﻔﺎ | tfa | 33.33 |
| ﺗﻔﺎ | tfa | 16.67 |
| ﻃﻔﺎﺀ | tfa | 16.67 |
| Taffa in the Russian language | ||
| Таффа | taffa | - |
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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 Taffa
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