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 last name Tafou has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,286,243rd most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. The last name occurs mostly 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 frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 182,185. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 43 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 27 percent are found and West Region, where 21 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 16 percent are found and France, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Tafou
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