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 last name Tafile is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafile? popularity and diffusion

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

This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 2,708,885. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 70 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 10 percent are found and Gauteng, where 10 percent are found. Aside from South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 4 percent are found and Pakistan, where 4 percent are found.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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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