Tafile Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tafile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Tafile (18) may also be a first name.

Tafile Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tafile is most common in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafile? popularity and diffusion

Tafile is the 4,116,508th most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Tafile occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Tafile reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tafile is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 18 people.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 2,708,885. In South Africa Tafile is most common in: Western Cape, where 70 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 10 percent live and Gauteng, where 10 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 4 percent live and Pakistan, where 4 percent live.

Tafile Last Name Statistics demography

Tafile earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.12% less than the national average, earning R 109,032 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafilet92137/
Tafilie921/
Tafileh921/
Tafiele921/
Tafle919/
Tawfiles86268/
Taffilee861/
Tafili833,125/
Tofile831,818/
Tafail83646/
Tafila83216/
Tafale8342/
Taffle8323/
Tafule8315/
Tafeil8315/
Tefile8312/
Tafele838/
Tafuil833/
Tafilaj771,030/
Taufail77569/
Tafilis7758/
Taufale7710/
Tefaile779/
Thafale776/
Towfile773/
Tafuili773/
Tafilay772/
Tafilih772/
Taffail772/
Taifail772/
Tafelle771/
Tafilui771/
Taffale771/
Tahfail771/
Tofiles771/
Tafaili771/
Tofiled771/
Tavfail771/
Tafilya771/
Tauffle770/
Tofle7311/
Tawfilis71156/
Taşfiliz7123/
Tawfeles7112/
Toufiles7110/
Toufeile719/
Tauffail713/
Tahafail711/
Toufaile711/
Tafajila711/
Tafoilla711/
Taafaale711/
Ttafilaj711/
Tafoulet711/
Thopfile710/
Tafuli673,459/
Tofail672,653/
Tawfeeles67183/
Tofale67132/
Tofili67128/
Tafuly67107/
Tefili6749/
Tefele6732/
Toffle6730/
Tofele6727/
Tafeli6723/
Tofila6722/
Tafela6721/
Tafelh677/
Tafeal675/
Toufle673/
Tofeil672/
Tafeyl672/
Teféle671/
Tófili671/
Táfila671/
Tofule671/
Tafyli671/
Tafayl671/
Tafoillaa670/

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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 Tafile
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