Tafunga Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Tafunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Tafunga (245) may also be a first name.
Tafunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tafunga is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafunga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,491,356th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname Tafunga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tafunga are found; 87 percent are found in Central Africa and 87 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tafunga is also the 570,604th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 245 people.
The last name Tafunga is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 600,647. Excluding The DR Congo it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 12 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tapfunga | 93 | 1 | / |
| Tafuna | 92 | 127 | / |
| Tafuga | 92 | 14 | / |
| Tafuninga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tafunai | 86 | 219 | / |
| Tafouna | 86 | 29 | / |
| Tofunga | 86 | 4 | / |
| Tafunea | 86 | 3 | / |
| Tafuuna | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tafounas | 80 | 24 | / |
| Tahfouna | 80 | 22 | / |
| Tafunaai | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tafounai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tafuno | 77 | 152 | / |
| Tafona | 77 | 51 | / |
| Tafoga | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ttafounas | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tafongo | 71 | 62 | / |
| Tafogha | 71 | 28 | / |
| Tofungi | 71 | 21 | / |
| Tafeugo | 71 | 11 | / |
| Tafonai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tafonoa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tofuuna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tafonaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tafunei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tofugah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tofunge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tofungo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tafounou | 67 | 9 | / |
| Toufouna | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tafounno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tafougou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tafongoh | 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
- 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 Tafunga
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