Tafida Surname

67,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tafida Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafida Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7,1551:24,7582,159
Cameroon1071:194,10320,154
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
England91:6,190,895170,599
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Tafida (5,132) may also be a first name.

Tafida Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tafida (Arabic: تافيدا, Marathi: तफीदा) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Tafida click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafida? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tafida is the 67,806th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 993,801 people. The surname Tafida is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tafida live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 94,660th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 5,132 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7,155 people, or 1 in 24,758. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Jigawa, where 20 percent reside, Bauchi, where 16 percent reside and Kano, where 15 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it exists in 21 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taffida9221/
Tafidah926/
Ttafida921/
Tafidaj921/
Taufidah8620/
Tafidaya862/
Tefida8328/
Tafeda833/
Tafidi831/
Tafide831/
Tafidis7736/
Tafidou771/
Tafeuda771/
Tafuuda771/
Taphida771/
Tafidhoh715/
Taufidoh712/
Tofidi6771/
Tofide672/
Tefuda671/
Tefeda671/
Tafyde671/
Taffaydatt631/
Tofides6213/
Tefeuda6210/
Tavideh621/
Toufidi621/
Tofidou621/
Taffedy621/
Toufideh57139/
Toufidis5741/
Tapheada571/
Toufidou571/
Toufiddi571/

Tafida Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tafida in the Marathi language
तफीदाtaphida-
Tafida in the Arabic language
تافيداtafyda-

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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 Tafida
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