Tafij Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Tafij Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
Tafij (290) may also be a first name.
Tafij Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafij Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tafij (Hindi: तफीज, Marathi: टाफीज) is found most in India. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafij? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Tafij live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 518,802nd most widely held first name globally It is held by 290 people.
It is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 40,371,862. In India Tafij is mostly found in: Bihar, where 79 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 16 percent reside and West Bengal, where 5 percent reside. Other than India this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Czechia, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tafij Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tafij in the Hindi language | ||
| तफीज | taphija | 57.14 |
| टफीज | taphija | 21.43 |
| तफिज | taphija | 14.29 |
| ताफीज | taphija | 7.14 |
| Tafij in the Marathi language | ||
| टाफीज | taphija | 50 |
| ताफीज | taphija | 50 |
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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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- 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 Tafij
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