Taphu Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Taphu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Taphu (17) may also be a first name.
Taphu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taphu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taphu is most common in India. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Taphu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Taphu live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Taphu is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 17 people.
The last name Taphu is most common in India, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India Taphu is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 100 percent live. Apart from India this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 50 percent live.
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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 Taphu
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