Tafu Surname

376,758th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 949 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Tafu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2551:212,46222,434
DR Congo2331:317,08028,591
Nigeria1561:1,135,53046,612
Thailand1451:487,16185,241
Cameroon391:532,54042,124
Indonesia291:4,560,317223,141
Solomon Islands221:26,3655,164
Colombia181:2,654,11513,778
Japan181:7,102,46143,008
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Tafu (1,344) may also be a first name.

Tafu Last Name Facts

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

Tafu (Hindi: तफू, Oriya: ତାଫୁ, Russian: Тафу) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tafu.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 376,758th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,679,184 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Tafu live; 29 percent live in Central Africa and 29 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 214,184th most commonly held forename globally, held by 1,344 people.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 255 people, or 1 in 212,462. In South Africa Tafu is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 48 percent live, Western Cape, where 40 percent live and Gauteng, where 5 percent live. Other than South Africa Tafu occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 16 percent live.

Tafu Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tafu earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 49.19% less than the national average, earning R 120,744 per year; in Colombia they earn 49.1% less than the national average, earning $11,556,300 COP per year and in United States they earn 19.7% less than the national average, earning $34,650 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafui891,306/
Tafuy89242/
Tafau89204/
Tafou89177/
Tafuh89152/
Thafu89117/
Tafeu8950/
Taffu8948/
Taefu8933/
Tapfu8912/
Taifu8911/
Tafut897/
Tasfu893/
Tafuj892/
Taufu892/
Taafu892/
Tatfu892/
Tazfu891/
Tafup891/
Tafus891/
Tahfu891/
Tafud891/
Taffou80290/
Taufui8037/
Tafouh8027/
Taffeu8018/
Tahafu8016/
Tafuit8014/
Tafuis806/
Taifau805/
Taifou804/
Taufou802/
Taffut802/
Taufeu802/
Tahfuj801/
Tafuch801/
Tafuiz801/
Tafust801/
Tahfou801/
Tadfou801/
Taufuí801/
Tatfeu801/
Tafous801/
Tefu754,066/
Tofu751,265/
Taufu'a7312/
Taiffou734/
Tahafuj734/
Tahafou732/
Taufaus731/
Ta'afeu731/
Teffu671,268/
Tefau67127/
Tefuh6795/
Tofeu6762/
Tefou6761/
Ștefu6732/
Tefeu6725/
Thofu6724/
Tafoe6722/
Thefu6717/
Teefu6715/
Taphu678/
Tofup676/
Tafoo676/
Toffu675/
Tofui674/
Toufu673/
Tofus673/
Tofou672/
Tofau672/
Toofu671/
Tefui671/

Tafu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tafu in the Oriya language
ତାଫୁtaphu-
Tafu in the Hindi language
तफूtaphu66.67
टाफूtaphu33.33
Tafu in the Russian language
Тафуtafu-

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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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  • 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 Tafu
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