Tarofi Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Tarofi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
Tarofi (89) may also be a first name.
Tarofi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tarofi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tarofi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tarofi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,843,861st most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Tarofi reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tarofi is also the 1,011,231st most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 89 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria Tarofi is most numerous in: Kano, where 50 percent live and Adamawa, where 47 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 11 percent live and Iran, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taroufi | 92 | 9 | / |
| Taaroufi | 86 | 10 | / |
| Tarroufi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tarafi | 83 | 1,601 | / |
| Tarefi | 83 | 8 | / |
| Tarofa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tarofe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tarafiy | 77 | 95 | / |
| Tarrafi | 77 | 9 | / |
| Tharafi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Tarafit | 77 | 2 | / |
| Taraffi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tahrafi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tarafio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tareefi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Terroufi | 71 | 204 | / |
| Taroufay | 71 | 42 | / |
| Tarraffi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thairafi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tharrafi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tarafe | 67 | 10,072 | / |
| Tarafa | 67 | 760 | / |
| Tarefe | 67 | 533 | / |
| Terafi | 67 | 131 | / |
| Torofa | 67 | 30 | / |
| Torafi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Terefi | 67 | 5 | / |
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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
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- 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 Tarofi
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