Tafwa Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Tafwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Tafwa (691) may also be a first name.
Tafwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tafwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tafwa is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tafwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Tafwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tafwa is the 1,871,545th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Tafwa reside; 56 percent reside in Central Africa and 56 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tafwa is also the 314,578th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 691 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Barring The DR Congo Tafwa exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 43 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Tafwa
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