Tafis Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Tafis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Tafis (26) may also be a first name.
Tafis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tafis (Hindi: तफीस, Marathi: तफीस) occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafis? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,034,050th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Tafis occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Tafis reside; 50 percent reside in West Asia and 50 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 26 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 6,485,118. In Turkey Tafis is most prevalent in: Hatay Province, where 92 percent are found and Antalya Province, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Turkey Tafis is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 21 percent are found and India, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tafis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tafis in the Marathi language | ||
| तफीस | taphisa | - |
| Tafis in the Hindi language | ||
| तफीस | taphisa | 71.43 |
| ताफिस | taphisa | 14.29 |
| ताफीस | taphisa | 14.29 |
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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 Tafis
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