Tafoya Surname
Approximately 17,376 people bear this surname
Tafoya Surname Definition:
Tafurer is Catalan.
Tafoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,472 | 1:34,612 | 4,314 |
| Mexico | 6,876 | 1:18,052 | 1,456 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 569 | 1:88,258 | 9,145 |
Tafoya (67) may also be a first name.
Tafoya Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Tafurer is Catalan.
Tafoya Demographics
Average Male Tafoya Height
174.47 cm
Average Female Tafoya Height
160.35 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Tafoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tafoya is found most in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 30,724th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 419,403 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Tafoya reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Tafoya is also the 1,191,548th most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 67 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 10,472 people, or 1 in 34,612. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 26 percent live, New Mexico, where 26 percent live and Colorado, where 18 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 40 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.
Tafoya Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tafoya has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tafoya surname increased 1,840 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tafoya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Tafoya are 39.14% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 92.37% registered to vote for the political party.
Tafoya earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.67% less than the national average, earning $39,409 USD per year.
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Footnotes
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