Tafuta Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Tafuta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Tafuta (231) may also be a first name.
Tafuta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafuta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tafuta is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tafuta.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafuta? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tafuta is the 1,658,108th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tafuta are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 590,311th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 231 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Outside of The DR Congo this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 8 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tafouta | 92 | 8 | / |
| Thafuta | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tafita | 83 | 170 | / |
| Tafuto | 83 | 134 | / |
| Tafota | 83 | 66 | / |
| Tafuti | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tafauti | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tafaute | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tafouti | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tasfouti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tafoutou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tachfouti | 67 | 170 | / |
| Tofute | 67 | 55 | / |
| Tafoti | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tafito | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tofaute | 62 | 160 | / |
| Tafotie | 62 | 89 | / |
| Tofauti | 62 | 11 | / |
| Taffoti | 62 | 4 | / |
| Toufouti | 57 | 877 | / |
| Toufouto | 57 | 1 | / |
| Touffouti | 53 | 4 | / |
| Taphuttee | 53 | 1 | / |
| Tofote | 50 | 34 | / |
| Thaphuttee | 50 | 1 | / |
| Tofoté | 50 | 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 Tafuta
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