Tapfuma Surname
Approximately 4,006 people bear this surname
Tapfuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 3,920 | 1:3,938 | 335 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Tapfuma (2,395) may also be a first name.
Tapfuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tapfuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tapfuma is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tapfuma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tapfuma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 115,295th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,819,158 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tapfuma are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Tapfuma is also the 151,676th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 2,395 people.
The surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 3,920 people, or 1 in 3,938. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 29 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 17 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 13 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tafuma | 92 | 844 | / |
| Tapuma | 92 | 1 | / |
| Taphuma | 86 | 8 | / |
| Thapuma | 86 | 8 | / |
| Tapuema | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tapfumo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tapfima | 86 | 1 | / |
| Thafuma | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tapoma | 77 | 32 | / |
| Tafoma | 77 | 21 | / |
| Tapima | 77 | 20 | / |
| Tafume | 77 | 18 | / |
| Tefuma | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tafima | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tapume | 77 | 2 | / |
| Topuma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Topauma | 71 | 6 | / |
| Tapomaa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Tafhima | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tapimay | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tapimai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tafeumi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tapomma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taphima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tapomay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taufima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taffoma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tafoumi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tafoume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thafume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taphimay | 67 | 6 | / |
| Thaipume | 67 | 4 | / |
| Thapimai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Thapumee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toupouma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tafhimah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thapaumi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taupimau | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tapfuma
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