Tafor Surname

612,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 504 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tafor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3361:61,8137,909
Indonesia1201:1,102,07779,449
Colombia211:2,274,95612,893
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Tafor (32) may also be a first name.

Tafor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tafor is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafor? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tafor is the 612,595th most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 14,459,416 people. Tafor occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Tafor are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 67 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held given name throughout the world, borne by 32 people.

Tafor is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 336 people, or 1 in 61,813. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 46 percent live, Southwest Region, where 30 percent live and Centre Region, where 14 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 24 percent live and Colombia, where 4 percent live.

Tafor Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tafor earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 100.79% more than the national average, earning $45,584,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafour91349/
Taifor91239/
Tayfor9130/
Taford9126/
Tafoor9119/
Tapfor9111/
Tadfor917/
Taufor913/
Taffor911/
Tafore911/
Tahfor911/
Teafor910/
Tayfour836,525/
Taifour835,080/
Teaford83927/
Taufour83194/
Taifoor83140/
Tatford8396/
Tayfoor8361/
Tafford8319/
Tadford8310/
Tafourt833/
Tayford832/
Taffour832/
Tayfore831/
Taifuor831/
Taefoor831/
Tatfour831/
Tasfoor831/
Tafur8033,282/
Tafar80319/
Tefor80173/
Tofor8013/
Tafúr801/
Taiffour7715/
Tahfourt774/
Tayfoure771/
Teadford771/
Tattford771/
Tafourth771/
Tatfoort771/
Tayffour771/
Tayforth770/
Thafford770/
Tayfur736,526/
Tajfar73957/
Taifur73887/
Tafurt73524/
Taffur73506/
Taffar73458/
Tafare73232/
Tayfar7333/
Tofohr7325/
Toforh7324/
Tafart7324/
Tafgar7323/
Tapfar7322/
Thafar7321/
Taufar7316/
Ttafar7312/
Tehfor7311/
Toifor7311/
Tafurh738/
Tafure737/
Tgafar736/
Taafar736/
Taufur735/
Tefoor733/
Thafur732/
Toffor731/
Teefor731/
Teforh731/
Tafuir731/
Tafuur731/
Tofuor731/
Toufor731/
Taphor731/
Tahfar731/
Tafhar731/
Toford730/
Topfor730/
Tepfor730/
Taysforth710/
Taffard67166/
Tafurth67134/
Teifour6763/
Thaifur6741/
Teyfour6715/
Tafhurt6715/
Toufour674/
Taffurt673/
Teiford672/
Toffour672/
Toforth671/
Taisfar671/
Tofforh671/
Taffare671/
Taffure671/
Taffart671/
Tehfour671/
Taifeur671/
Tashfar671/
Toiford670/
Tofford670/
Todford670/
Taffarr670/

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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 Tafor
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