Tanifum Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Tanifum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 181 | 1:114,746 | 13,259 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Tanifum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanifum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tanifum is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tanifum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanifum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tanifum is the 1,214,709th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. The surname Tanifum is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Tanifum live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 114,746. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 48 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 21 percent reside and Centre Region, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon Tanifum exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Tanifum
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