Tafila Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Tafila Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafila Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana2101:10,4141,941
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Táfila (1) are calculated separately.

Tafila (173) may also be a first name.

Tafila Last Name Facts

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

Tafila (Arabic: طفيلة, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻃﻔﻴﻠﻪ, Hindi: ताफिला) is borne by more people in Botswana than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Táfila. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafila? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tafila is the 1,121,821st most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tafila live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 694,534th most numerous given name globally. It is borne by 173 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Botswana, where it is held by 210 people, or 1 in 10,414. Besides Botswana it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Táfila941/
Tafilaj921,030/
Tafilay922/
Tasfila921/
Tafilat921/
Tafiola921/
Tafilya921/
Tafilau921/
Tafilas921/
Thafila921/
Tafoilla861/
Tafilias861/
Ttafilaj861/
Tafula838,211/
Tafili833,125/
Tafile8323/
Tofila8322/
Tafela8321/
Tafilo833/
Tefila832/
Tafoillaa800/
Tofilau77557/
Tofilat77148/
Tafilet77137/
Tafilis7758/
Tefilia7710/
Tafylia774/
Tofeila774/
Tafuili773/
Tafulla773/
Tafilih772/
Tafilui771/
Tafilot771/
Tafileh771/
Tafelat771/
Tafeala771/
Tafulau771/
Thafela771/
Toofila771/
Tafiele771/
Teafilo771/
Tefoila771/
Tafilie771/
Tofilaj771/
Thafyla771/
Teufila771/
Tafaili771/
Tawfiles71268/
Tawfilis71156/
Taşfiliz7123/
Taphilai7122/
Thaphila719/
Tafylias715/
Tapfetla714/
Taffilee711/
Tafullah711/
Tafailou711/
Tahavila711/
Toufeila711/
Thavilah711/
Tofile671,818/
Tefula67172/
Tofili67128/
Tofela6793/
Tofilo6755/
Tafulo6728/
Tafeli6723/
Tafele678/
Tefilo677/
Taifullah675/
Tafiło672/
Tafelo672/
Tafyli671/
Tófili671/
Taphilias671/
Touffeila671/
Tofyla671/

Tafila Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tafila in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻃﻔﻴﻠﻪatfylh-
Tafila in the Hindi language
ताफिलाtaphila50
तफीलाtaphila25
टफिलाtaphila25
Tafila in the Arabic language
طفيلةtfylt-
طفيلهtfylh-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tafila
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