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 last name Tafo (Hindi: टफो) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tafo.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 400,713th most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 8,309,630 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Tafo reside; 83 percent reside in Central Africa and 83 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 542,091st most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 269 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 438 people, or 1 in 47,418. In Cameroon it is most common in: West Region, where 35 percent reside, Centre Region, where 32 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 26 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Tafo is found in 18 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent reside.
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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