Tafumba Surname

645,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Tafumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Tafumba 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
Uganda4671:83,5968,878
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Tafumba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tafumba is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafumba? popularity and diffusion

Tafumba is the 645,988th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 15,538,477 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tafumba live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Tafumba is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 467 people, or 1 in 83,596. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kaliro District, where 19 percent live, Namutumba District, where 14 percent live and Luuka District, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 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
Taffumba933/
Tapfumba931/
Tafoumba931/
Tafuumba931/
Tafomba8618/
Tafunba861/
Tofumba861/
Tafeumbeu751/
Toufoumba751/
Tafombo711/
Toofumbo671/
Tofombo574/
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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 Tafumba
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