Tanifa Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Tanifa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanifa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
France11:66,422,722504,397
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Tanifa (57) may also be a first name.

Tanifa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tanifa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tanifa (Hindi: तनीफा, Marathi: तानीफा, Russian: Танифа) occurs in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanifa? popularity and diffusion

Tanifa is the 5,213,395th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Tanifa are found; 79 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 71 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 57 people.

It is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 13,102,096. In Russia it is primarily concentrated in: Yaroslavl Oblast, where 64 percent live, Saratov Oblast, where 27 percent live and Kabardino-Balkar Republic, where 9 percent live. Excluding Russia Tanifa exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 7 percent live and New Caledonia, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taneifa921/
Tonifa8334/
Tenifa8334/
Tanifo8315/
Tanefa8312/
Tanifi834/
Tanyfa831/
Tanife831/
Thonifa7710/
Tamnife771/
Tanaifo771/
Tenifha771/
Tagnifou711/
Thonifaa711/
Tagnifiz711/
Tagnifez711/
Tanefo67590/
Tenufa6771/
Thamnipha6768/
Tonefa6728/
Tanefi6724/
Thaniphat6714/
Thaniphap677/
Tonife672/
Tanhfe671/
Thannipha671/
Tanufo671/

Tanifa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanifa in the Hindi language
तनीफाtanipha50
टनीफाtanipha50
Tanifa in the Marathi language
तानीफाtanipha50
तनीफाtanipha50
Tanifa in the Russian language
Танифаtanifa-

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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 Tanifa
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