Tafiya Surname
Approximately 227 people bear this surname
Tafiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 200 | 1:885,714 | 38,609 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Tafiya (144) may also be a first name.
Tafiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tafiya (Hindi: ताफिया, Marathi: तफीया) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,085,744th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Tafiya live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 769,375th most prevalent forename on earth. It is borne by 144 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 885,714. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 70 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 17 percent are found and Kaduna, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tafiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tafiya in the Marathi language | ||
| तफीया | taphiya | 66.67 |
| ताफीया | taphiya | 33.33 |
| Tafiya in the Hindi language | ||
| ताफिया | taphiya | 56.25 |
| तफिया | taphiya | 25 |
| टफिया | taphiya | 12.5 |
| तफीया | taphiya | 6.25 |
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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 Tafiya
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