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 commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafuta? popularity and diffusion
Tafuta is the 1,658,108th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tafuta reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tafuta is also the 590,311th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 231 people.
It is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Barring The DR Congo this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
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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