Tafong Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Tafong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Tafong Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tafong is found most frequently in Thailand. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafong? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 79 percent of Tafong reside; 79 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 79 percent reside in Tai-Asia.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Thailand, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 6,421,668. In Thailand it is primarily found in: Chiang Mai Province, where 64 percent reside, Chiang Rai Province, where 9 percent reside and Lampang Province, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Thailand this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside and Russia, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thafong92103/
Tatfong921/
Tafon911,086/
Tafongue8611/
Tafang83197/
Tafone83133/
Taffon8365/
Tefong8329/
Tayfon8322/
Thafon8314/
Tahfon8312/
Tafung8312/
Tafoun831/
Taafon831/
Ttafon831/
Teafon830/
Tafossing801/
Taphong77228/
Taffone7727/
Taufond7719/
Tefoung7714/
Taifang777/
Thofong774/
Taffang772/
Tadfond771/
Teffong771/
Tafogne771/
Tafonne771/
Tafeung771/
Toufong771/
Tahfoun771/
Tapfang771/
Taffoon770/
Tafan73130/
Tafom7392/
Tofon7329/
Thaphong7155/
Taphoeng717/
Taufan675,704/
Tafane671,262/
Tayfan67597/
Toffon67587/
Tefang67463/
Thaiphong67270/
Taphon67195/
Thafan67129/
Taifan6750/
Tafoum6741/
Tahfan6730/
Tasfan6716/
Tofang6715/
Tofone677/
Toufon674/
Tofoin674/
Tofoun673/
Taffan673/
Tawfan672/
Thofon672/
Tapfom671/
Tofont671/
Tofung671/
Toofon671/
Tafand671/
Tafanh671/
Tafeun671/
Taffom671/
Tapfan670/

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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
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  • 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 Tafong
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