Tafon Surname

338,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,086 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tafon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,0701:19,4102,648
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

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 last name Tafon (Marathi: तफोन, Russian: Тафон) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tafon.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafon? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 338,735th most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 6,710,447 people. Tafon is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tafon live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name globally, held by 20 people.

This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,070 people, or 1 in 19,410. In Cameroon Tafon is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 65 percent live, Southwest Region, where 17 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Tafon exists in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafone91133/
Taffon9165/
Tafoen9144/
Tayfon9122/
Thafon9114/
Tafong9114/
Tahfon9112/
Ttafon911/
Tafoun911/
Taafon911/
Teafon910/
Thafong83103/
Taffone8327/
Taufond8319/
Tafonne831/
Tatfong831/
Tadfond831/
Tafogne831/
Tahfoun831/
Taffoon830/
Tafan80130/
Tefon8094/
Tafom8092/
Tafun8039/
Tofon8029/
Tafongue7711/
Taufan735,704/
Tayfun732,500/
Tafane731,262/
Tayfan73597/
Toffon73587/
Tafang73197/
Taphon73195/
Thafan73129/
Tafune7364/
Taifan7350/
Tafoum7341/
Tahfan7330/
Taifun7320/
Tasfan7316/
Tafung7312/
Teffon7312/
Thafun739/
Tofone737/
Tefoin735/
Tofoin734/
Toufon734/
Taffan733/
Tofoun733/
Taefan732/
Tawfan732/
Thofon732/
Taffun732/
Toofon731/
Tapfun731/
Tafand731/
Tafanh731/
Tafeun731/
Taffom731/
Tofont731/
Tapfom731/
Tapfan730/
Tafossing711/
Thaphon67559/
Taphong67228/
Toffoun67122/
Taifane6745/
Thaufan6732/
Taufand6718/
Thafane6716/
Tafaune6711/
Taifang677/
Tafasin676/
Taiphon674/
Thofong674/
Thatfan674/
Tofosen673/
Theefon673/
Tauffan672/
Taffane672/
Teffoun672/
Tashfan672/
Taffang672/
Taufhan672/
Thofone671/
Tayfane671/
Tapfang671/
Toufoun671/
Tadphon671/
Taafune671/
Tahfane671/
Tafeung671/
Toufoin671/
Toufong671/
Tatfeun671/
Taufant670/

Tafon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tafon in the Marathi language
तफोनtaphona-
Tafon in the Russian language
Тафонtafon-

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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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