Tafo Surname
Approximately 877 people bear this surname
Tafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 438 | 1:47,418 | 6,217 |
| DR Congo | 294 | 1:251,291 | 23,908 |
| Solomon Islands | 25 | 1:23,201 | 4,555 |
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| Turkey | 19 | 1:4,095,864 | 99,768 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Albania | 15 | 1:194,270 | 13,224 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
Tafo (269) may also be a first name.
Tafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tafo (Hindi: टफो) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tafo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 400,713th most widespread family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 8,309,630 people. Tafo occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Tafo live; 83 percent live in Central Africa and 83 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tafo is also the 542,091st most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 269 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 438 people, or 1 in 47,418. In Cameroon Tafo is most numerous in: West Region, where 35 percent live, Centre Region, where 32 percent live and Littoral Region, where 26 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 34 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tafo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tafo in the Hindi language | ||
| टफो | tapho | 66.67 |
| तफो | tapho | 33.33 |
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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
- 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 Tafo
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