Taofiq Surname

237,065th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,694 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Taofiq Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taofiq Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1021:160,74710,066
Indonesia5791:228,41021,214
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Taofiq (4,838) may also be a first name.

Taofiq Last Name Facts

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

The last name Taofiq has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Taofiq? popularity and diffusion

The last name Taofiq is the 237,065th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 4,301,975 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Taofiq reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Taofiq is also the 98,197th most widespread given name in the world, held by 4,838 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,102 people, or 1 in 160,747. In Nigeria Taofiq is most numerous in: Oyo, where 27 percent reside, Kwara, where 22 percent reside and Lagos, where 15 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Taofiq exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 34 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taoufiq924,843/
Taofiqe923/
Taofiqu923/
Taoffiq921/
Taofiqq921/
Taofique8619/
Taofik835,458/
Taofic83132/
Taofeq8339/
Toafiq8337/
Taofig834/
Taoufique802/
Taoufik7712,897/
Taofeeq772,427/
Taoufyq77549/
Taofick7737/
Taofikt7734/
Thaofik7716/
Taoifik779/
Tahofik778/
Taoffik777/
Taoofik775/
Taofike775/
Touafiq773/
Taofeaq772/
Taofeik772/
Taeofik771/
Taoufic771/
Taofuik771/
Taoffeq771/
Taoyfik771/
Taoufeeq713/
Thaofeeq713/
Taoufike711/
Taoufick711/
Taoffick711/
Taouffik711/
Taofek67172/
Toafik6779/
Toafic677/
Toafig671/

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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 Taofiq
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