Tafon Surname
Approximately 1,086 people bear this surname
Tafon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,070 | 1:19,410 | 2,648 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Tafon (20) may also be a first name.
Tafon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tafon (Marathi: तफोन, Russian: Тафон) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafon? popularity and diffusion
Tafon is the 338,735th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,710,447 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tafon are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used forename on earth, borne by 20 people.
The surname Tafon is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,070 people, or 1 in 19,410. In Cameroon Tafon is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 65 percent live, Southwest Region, where 17 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Not including Cameroon Tafon exists in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tafon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tafon in the Marathi language | ||
| तफोन | taphona | - |
| Tafon in the Russian language | ||
| Тафон | tafon | - |
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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 Tafon
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