Tarfaya Surname

264,801st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Algeria

Tarfaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarfaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt8241:111,5739,244
Algeria6411:60,26810,073
France41:16,605,680368,153
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tarfaya (13) may also be a first name.

Tarfaya Last Name Facts

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

Tarfaya occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tarfaya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarfaya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tarfaya is the 264,801st most frequently used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,930,681 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tarfaya are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 56 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Tarfaya is also the 3,159,357th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 13 people.

The last name is most numerous in Egypt, where it is held by 824 people, or 1 in 111,573. Other than Egypt this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 43 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarfaa925/
Tarfay921/
Tarfaia86279/
Terfaya86266/
Tarfaye861/
Tarfa838,301/
Tarfy8321/
Tarfai776/
Terfay772/
Tarfae771/
Tarfey770/
Terfaia7123/
Tarfeia713/
Tarfait712/
Tarfi671,759/
Tarfe671,279/
Torfa67609/
Torfy674/
Terffiya671/
Tarfoyet671/
Torfayeh671/

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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 Tarfaya
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