Tafisa Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tafisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Tafisa (62) may also be a first name.

Tafisa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tafisa (Hindi: तफीसा, Marathi: तफीसा) occurs most in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafisa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tafisa is the 4,649,889th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Tafisa are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 61 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 62 people.

The surname Tafisa is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,812,874. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 82 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 9 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 9 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent live and Brazil, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafidssa861/
Tafusa83554/
Tafisi8335/
Tafesa8323/
Tafica837/
Tafija834/
Tafiza832/
Taifisi7731/
Tafetsa7722/
Taufiza7719/
Tafussa771/
Taficha771/
Tafisse771/
Tafissou715/
Tafesach711/
Tafese6751,723/
Tefiso6744/
Taphisach671/
Tafeso671/
Tafeseach671/
Tofija671/
Tafizo671/

Tafisa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tafisa in the Hindi language
तफीसाtaphisa77.78
ताफिसाtaphisa11.11
तफ़ीसाtafisa11.11
Tafisa in the Marathi language
तफीसाtaphisa66.67
ताफीसाtaphisa33.33

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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 Tafisa
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