Tafura Surname
Approximately 1,195 people bear this surname
Tafura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 698 | 1:22,118 | 3,322 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Uruguay | 83 | 1:41,346 | 4,721 |
| Argentina | 41 | 1:1,042,522 | 64,438 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Tafura (2,333) may also be a first name.
Tafura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tafura is most common in Zimbabwe. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafura? popularity and diffusion
It is the 314,252nd most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 6,098,365 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Tafura reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 154,023rd most common first name world-wide, borne by 2,333 people.
The surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 698 people, or 1 in 22,118. In Zimbabwe Tafura is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 46 percent reside, Harare Province, where 25 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 12 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 30 percent reside and Uruguay, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taffura | 92 | 77 | / |
| Tapfura | 92 | 2 | / |
| Taifura | 92 | 1 | / |
| Taafura | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tapfuura | 86 | 13 | / |
| Tafira | 83 | 1,688 | / |
| Tafuri | 83 | 1,679 | / |
| Tafuro | 83 | 786 | / |
| Tefura | 83 | 71 | / |
| Tofura | 83 | 25 | / |
| Tafure | 83 | 7 | / |
| Tafora | 83 | 3 | / |
| Tafoureau | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tafourzai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Taffuri | 77 | 304 | / |
| Tapfira | 77 | 220 | / |
| Tafoury | 77 | 118 | / |
| Tafouri | 77 | 26 | / |
| Tofuura | 77 | 24 | / |
| Taffora | 77 | 20 | / |
| Taufira | 77 | 8 | / |
| Taffuro | 77 | 4 | / |
| Taifuri | 77 | 3 | / |
| Thafira | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tafurro | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tafouro | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tafoora | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tafurei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Taffure | 77 | 1 | / |
| Taffouraud | 75 | 11 | / |
| Taifouri | 71 | 1,051 | / |
| Tayfouri | 71 | 123 | / |
| Thaifuri | 71 | 3 | / |
| Taffoury | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tayfoure | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tefeurra | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tajforaj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tafory | 67 | 94 | / |
| Tofuri | 67 | 90 | / |
| Taforo | 67 | 34 | / |
| Tofure | 67 | 10 | / |
| Tafori | 67 | 7 | / |
| Touffoura | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tafúri | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tafiro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tafore | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tofira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tefuro | 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 Tafura
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