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
The last name Taphu occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taphu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Taphu is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Taphu live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 17 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India Taphu is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 100 percent live. Outside of India this last name occurs in one country. It is also found 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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