Tafou Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Tafou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 114 | 1:182,185 | 19,170 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tafou (11) may also be a first name.
Tafou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tafou has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafou? popularity and diffusion
Tafou is the 1,286,243rd most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. The surname Tafou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Tafou are found; 64 percent are found in Central Africa and 64 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tafou is also the 3,487,849th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 11 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 182,185. In Cameroon Tafou is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 43 percent live, Littoral Region, where 27 percent live and West Region, where 21 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 16 percent live and France, where 14 percent live.
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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 Tafou
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