Tafni Surname

806,178th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Tafni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria2081:185,72922,813
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Tafni (22) may also be a first name.

Tafni Last Name Facts

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

Tafni is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafni? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 806,178th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tafni live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb. Tafni is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name globally, held by 22 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 185,729. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Boumerdès Province, where 99 percent live, Mascara Province, where 0 percent live and Tizi Ouzou Province, where 0 percent live. Aside from Algeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 39 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafnie918/
Thafni911/
Tafnait83142/
Tafinni83122/
Tafniss832/
Thafniz831/
Tafnist831/
Tafenni831/
Tafna80167/
Tefni8016/
Tafne804/
Tafny801/
Tefnai731,117/
Tafner73568/
Thafne733/
Thafny731/
Thafna731/
Tafnez731/
Tafney730/
Taffner67547/
Taufner67315/
Taffney677/
Tavfner671/
Tafnner671/
Tefnnai671/
Tafinna670/

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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 Tafni
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