Tafshan Surname

619,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Tafshan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tafshan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt4881:188,39313,801
Iran81:9,597,816173,045

Tafshan (108) may also be a first name.

Tafshan Last Name Facts

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

Tafshan is most common in Egypt. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafshan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 619,831st most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 14,692,633 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tafshan are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 904,892nd most frequently used given name throughout the world, held by 108 people.

The surname Tafshan is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 488 people, or 1 in 188,393. Beside Egypt it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Iran, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafshane931/
Tavshan8621/
Tabshan864/
Tafsand862/
Tavfsian808/
Tavsan7769/
Tabsan7723/
Tafson7710/
Tawsan772/
Tofsan771/
Tefsain7130/
Tavshanova7113/
Tawchan714/
Taibsan711/
Tafsion711/
Tawshong671/
Thafseen671/
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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 Tafshan
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