Tafoma Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tafoma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafoma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Tafoma Last Name Facts

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

Tafoma is most common in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafoma? popularity and diffusion

Tafoma is the 4,307,654th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Tafoma is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tafoma are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Tafoma is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 2,851,458. In South Africa Tafoma is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 89 percent live, Free State, where 5 percent live and Gauteng, where 5 percent live. Outside of South Africa it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 10 percent live.

Tafoma Last Name Statistics demography

Tafoma earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 65.26% less than the national average, earning R 82,560 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafomat924/
Taffoma921/
Tafuma83844/
Tafama8316/
Tafomo831/
Tapfuma774,006/
Tafoume771/
Tafatma771/
Tafomet771/
Tafoumi771/
Tafamma771/
Tafhome771/
Thafuma771/
Taufhema711/
Tafume6718/
Tafami673/
Tofomi672/
Thafheema671/
Tafame671/
Tefomo671/
Tefema671/
Tafhame62128/
Taphuma628/
Tafeumi622/
Tofomes622/
Taphama621/
Tavamah621/
Tafamey621/
Thafume621/
Tapfumo621/
Tafahame5785/
Thavamah5720/
Tefoumou571/
Thaphemha534/
Tofume502/
Tefemo502/
Tofamo501/
Tofumi501/

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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 Tafoma
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