Tafuh Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tafuh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafuh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1481:140,33215,641
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tafuh Last Name Facts

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

Tafuh is most common in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafuh? popularity and diffusion

Tafuh is the 1,422,956th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tafuh are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 140,332. In Cameroon Tafuh is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 79 percent are found, Centre Region, where 16 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 2 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Tafuch911/
Tafu89949/
Tafui801,306/
Tafuy80242/
Tafau80204/
Tafou80177/
Thafu80117/
Tefuh8095/
Tafeu8050/
Taffu8048/
Taefu8033/
Tapfu8012/
Taifu8011/
Tafut807/
Tasfu803/
Tatfu802/
Tafuj802/
Taafu802/
Taufu802/
Tazfu801/
Tafud801/
Tafup801/
Tafus801/
Tahfu801/
Taffou73290/
Taufui7337/
Taffeu7318/
Tahafu7316/
Tafuit7314/
Tafuis736/
Taifau735/
Taifou734/
Taffut732/
Taufeu732/
Taufou732/
Taufuí731/
Tatfeu731/
Tahfou731/
Tafust731/
Tafuiz731/
Tafooh731/
Tadfou731/
Tehfuh731/
Tafous731/
Tahfuj731/
Thafouyth711/
Tefu674,066/
Tofu671,265/
Taufu'a6712/
Taiffou674/
Tahafuj674/
Tahafou672/
Taufaus671/
Ta'afeu671/

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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 Tafuh
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