Tafjord Surname

649,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Tafjord Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafjord Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway4331:11,8761,346
Sweden201:492,33835,486
Iceland91:42,2322,922
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Tafjord Last Name Facts

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

Tafjord is most common in Norway. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tafjord.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafjord? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tafjord is the 649,026th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Tafjord are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widespread in Norway, where it is borne by 433 people, or 1 in 11,876. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Western Norway, where 67 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 31 percent are found and Central Norway, where 1 percent are found. Not including Norway this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 4 percent are found and Iceland, where 2 percent are found.

Tafjord Last Name Statistics demography

Tafjord earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 3.41% less than the national average, earning 334,285 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafyord861/
Tafjar771/
Tafijar711/
Defjourdy631/
Tafyar621/
Tayfear570/
Tafkhart531/
Tafzhiret501/

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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 Tafjord
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