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
Tafis (Hindi: तफीस, Marathi: तफीस) is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafis? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Tafis reside; 50 percent reside in West Asia and 50 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Tafis is also the 2,084,397th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 26 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 6,485,118. In Turkey Tafis is most frequent in: Hatay Province, where 92 percent reside and Antalya Province, where 8 percent reside. Not including Turkey Tafis exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 21 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.
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
- 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 Tafis
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