Tarfon Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Tarfon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarfon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece231:481,73061,288
Northern Cyprus71:45,5737,927
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
France31:22,140,907385,998
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Tarfon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tarfon is most common in Greece. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarfon? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tarfon is the 2,909,720th most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Tarfon live; 67 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 51 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The surname Tarfon is most frequently occurring in Greece, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 481,730. In Greece Tarfon is primarily found in: Central Macedonia, where 100 percent are found. Beside Greece this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 16 percent are found and Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarfoune864/
Tarfan83537/
Tharfan7716/
Tarfang7710/
Torrfon771/
Torfan6711/
Tharfusin671/
Torfun671/
Tarphan6211/
Tourfan629/
Torphon621/
Torfhun621/
Thorfhan571/
Torfam5023/

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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 Tarfon
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