Tafopa Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tafopa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Tafopa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1311:158,54317,246
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Tafopa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tafopa is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafopa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,551,568th most prevalent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tafopa live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 158,543. In Cameroon Tafopa is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 43 percent live, West Region, where 34 percent live and Littoral Region, where 21 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in China, where 1 percent live and Spain, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Tafopah921/
Tafopi8335/
Taffopi772/
Teifopa771/
Teiffopa711/
Tefapa671/
Tefopo671/
Tophaphas533/

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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 Tafopa
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