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) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafiq? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 560,645th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,875,523 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Tafiq are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 92 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Tafiq is also the 265,401st most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 929 people.
The surname is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is carried by 513 people, or 1 in 348,234. In Pakistan Tafiq is most numerous in: Punjab, where 97 percent reside, Sindh, where 2 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Pakistan this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
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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