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 last name Tanfour is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanfour? popularity and diffusion
Tanfour is the 1,218,745th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tanfour are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Mahgreb.
This surname is most numerous in Algeria, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 202,259. In Algeria Tanfour is most numerous in: Skikda Province, where 98 percent are found and Tindouf Province, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Algeria Tanfour exists in one country. It is also common 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
- 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 Tanfour
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