Tanafo Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Tanafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 79 | 1:232,305 | 4,710 |
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tanafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanafo occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanafo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,795,579th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Tanafo are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Tanafo is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 232,305. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 71 percent reside, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 28 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent reside and Mali, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tangafo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tanaifo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tanafou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tajnafoi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Tanafout | 86 | 2 | / |
| Tanefo | 83 | 590 | / |
| Tonafo | 83 | 24 | / |
| Tanafa | 83 | 14 | / |
| Tanofo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Taneffo | 77 | 23 | / |
| Tonaffo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tanefou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tannefo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tanafaat | 71 | 239 | / |
| Tanaffas | 71 | 6 | / |
| Tanaphop | 71 | 3 | / |
| Tajnafói | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thanafas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tenefo | 67 | 110 | / |
| Tenafa | 67 | 33 | / |
| Tanefa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tonefo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tanofa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thanaphot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonafa | 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 Tanafo
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