Tanfour Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Tanfour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 191 | 1:202,259 | 23,977 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Tanfour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanfour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanfour is found most frequently in Algeria. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Tanfour click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanfour? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tanfour is the 1,218,745th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tanfour are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Mahgreb.
It is most widely held in Algeria, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 202,259. In Algeria Tanfour is primarily concentrated in: Skikda Province, where 98 percent are found and Tindouf Province, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Algeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanfor | 92 | 19 | / |
| Tanfur | 92 | 2 | / |
| Tanford | 86 | 10 | / |
| Tanfar | 77 | 58 | / |
| Tamfor | 77 | 32 | / |
| Tanfare | 71 | 6 | / |
| Tonford | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tomfour | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tamford | 71 | 3 | / |
| Thanfar | 71 | 3 | / |
| Tamfort | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tanphor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tahanfar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tanffard | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thanfeer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tomford | 57 | 201 | / |
| Tomfohr | 57 | 39 | / |
| Tomfort | 57 | 27 | / |
| Tohmfor | 57 | 3 | / |
| Tomfore | 57 | 2 | / |
| Thomfore | 53 | 1 | / |
| Thanphare | 50 | 2 | / |
| Thomforth | 50 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Tanfour
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