Tafim Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Tafim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India111:69,733,217610,955
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Tafim (215) may also be a first name.

Tafim Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tafim (Hindi: तफीम, Marathi: तफीम) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafim? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tafim is the 4,649,889th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Tafim are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 61 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 616,131st most commonly used first name globally It is held by 215 people.

It is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 69,733,217. In India it is most frequent in: Telangana, where 45 percent are found, Bihar, where 27 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 27 percent are found. Besides India this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 28 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafhim91367/
Tahfim91361/
Taufim914/
Tasfim913/
Thafim912/
Tafhaim832/
Taffiem832/
Tahafim831/
Tafin80707/
Tafem80184/
Tofim801/
Tafimova771/
Taffin731,573/
Tasfin73746/
Taufin7339/
Tafina7323/
Thafin7323/
Tafhem7322/
Tafeem7320/
Tafing7312/
Taphim737/
Tayfin737/
Taffem735/
Toufim732/
Tafien732/
Tahfem731/
Tafeme731/
Tofime731/
Towfim731/
Tafheem67467/
Taffijn67180/
Thaphim6786/
Tachfin6766/
Taffing6753/
Tashfin6732/
Tafheme6721/
Taufing6710/
Taiphim674/
Thafeem673/
Tafn672/
Thaafin671/
Tayfina671/

Tafim Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tafim in the Hindi language
तफीमtaphima88.24
ताफिमtaphima11.76
Tafim in the Marathi language
तफीमtaphima81.82
ताफीमtaphima18.18

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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 Tafim
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