Tafireyi Surname

139,272nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tafireyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Tafireyi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3,1681:4,873468
Botswana171:128,64318,229
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Tafireyi (2,124) may also be a first name.

Tafireyi Last Name Facts

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

Tafireyi occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafireyi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 139,272nd most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,270,264 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tafireyi live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 163,067th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,124 people.

The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 3,168 people, or 1 in 4,873. In Zimbabwe Tafireyi is primarily found in: Midlands Province, where 31 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 21 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 18 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafireyyi949/
Tafirei931,292/
Tafirey931/
Tofireyi8842/
Tafureyi881/
Tafireya881/
Tafirayi881/
Tofirei8010/
Taferei801/
Tafurei801/
Tafireje7516/
Tafirejee7125/
Tafiroj671/
Tafirout631/
Tajfirouz591/
Taferoa531/
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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 Tafireyi
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