Tafiq Surname
Approximately 566 people bear this surname
Tafiq Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 513 | 1:348,234 | 6,913 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
Tafiq (929) may also be a first name.
Tafiq Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafiq Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tafiq (Hindi: ताफीक़, Marathi: तौिफ़क़) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafiq? popularity and diffusion
It is the 560,645th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 12,875,523 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Tafiq reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 92 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Tafiq is also the 265,401st most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 929 people.
The surname Tafiq is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 513 people, or 1 in 348,234. In Pakistan Tafiq is most frequent in: Punjab, where 97 percent live, Sindh, where 2 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 1 percent live. Other than Pakistan this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tafiq Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tafiq in the Hindi language | ||
| ताफीक़ | taphiqa | - |
| Tafiq in the Marathi language | ||
| तौिफ़क़ | tauifaqa | 50 |
| तािफक़ | taiphaqa | 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 Tafiq
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