Tafum Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Tafum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tafum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tafum occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Tafum occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Tafum are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 67 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Tafum is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 20 percent live, Far North Region, where 20 percent live and Northwest Region, where 20 percent live. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tafoum | 91 | 41 | / |
| Tafume | 91 | 18 | / |
| Tahfum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tafoume | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thafume | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tafom | 80 | 92 | / |
| Tafun | 80 | 39 | / |
| Tofum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tefum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tayfun | 73 | 2,500 | / |
| Tafune | 73 | 64 | / |
| Taifun | 73 | 20 | / |
| Tafung | 73 | 12 | / |
| Thafun | 73 | 9 | / |
| Tofume | 73 | 2 | / |
| Taffun | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tafeun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teifum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tapfun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tapfom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taffom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tafoun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tafaune | 67 | 11 | / |
| Taiphum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tahfoun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tatfeun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tafeung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taafune | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tafum
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