Tafirei Surname

295,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tafirei Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafirei Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,2861:12,0051,594
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Tafirei (1,562) may also be a first name.

Tafirei Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tafirei occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafirei? popularity and diffusion

Tafirei is the 295,200th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 5,640,515 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tafirei are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Tafirei is also the 195,999th most commonly used forename at a global level. It is borne by 1,562 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,286 people, or 1 in 12,005. In Zimbabwe Tafirei is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 36 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 24 percent are found and Harare Province, where 14 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafireyi933,210/
Tafire92100/
Tafiri9216/
Tafireyyi889/
Tofirei8610/
Thafiri864/
Taferei861/
Tafarei861/
Tafirey861/
Tafurei861/
Taffire861/
Tafirri861/
Taufitri80172/
Tofireyi8042/
Tafireje8016/
Taffarei803/
Tafureyi801/
Tafireya801/
Tafirayi801/
Tafere7715,605/
Tafira771,688/
Tafare77232/
Tofiri7711/
Tafure777/
Tefiri772/
Tefire772/
Tofire771/
Tafiré771/
Tafirejee7525/
Tapfira71220/
Tafoiry7155/
Taffere7144/
Tafareu719/
Taufira718/
Taferre712/
Taferet712/
Teefire711/
Thafira711/
Tafiroj711/
Taffare711/
Taffure711/
Tafarey711/
Taferii711/
Tofhiri711/
Teferei711/
Tofitri711/
Tauferer6738/
Toufairi674/
Taffoiry672/
Tayfoure671/
Taffairy671/
Töpferei671/
Tafirout671/

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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 Tafirei
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis