Tafseer Surname
Approximately 335 people bear this surname
Tafseer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 279 | 1:640,301 | 9,968 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Tafseer (2,004) may also be a first name.
Tafseer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafseer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tafseer (Hindi: तफसीर) is found most in Pakistan. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tafseer.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafseer? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 827,165th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. The surname Tafseer occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Tafseer live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Tafseer is also the 168,829th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,004 people.
It is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 279 people, or 1 in 640,301. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 54 percent live, Sindh, where 26 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 11 percent live. Outside of Pakistan it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 9 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thafseer | 93 | 21 | / |
| Tafser | 92 | 12 | / |
| Tafsee | 92 | 3 | / |
| Thafsheer | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tawseer | 86 | 8 | / |
| Tabseer | 86 | 3 | / |
| Tofseer | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tafsier | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tefseer | 86 | 1 | / |
| Thafser | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tafse | 83 | 11 | / |
| Tabsheer | 80 | 3 | / |
| Thafzeer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tafsir | 77 | 1,734 | / |
| Tabsee | 77 | 11 | / |
| Tawser | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tafseh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teawsee | 71 | 12 | / |
| Tafshir | 71 | 6 | / |
| Tafseih | 71 | 2 | / |
| Thafsir | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tawzeer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tavxeer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tafzert | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tafssir | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thawser | 71 | 0 | / |
| Tawse | 67 | 824 | / |
| Tafsi | 67 | 313 | / |
| Tavse | 67 | 281 | / |
| Tofse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tawscher | 67 | 1 | / |
Tafseer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tafseer in the Hindi language | ||
| तफसीर | taphasira | 98.97 |
| तफ़सीर | tafasira | 1.03 |
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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 Tafseer
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