Tayfa Surname
Approximately 1,731 people bear this surname
Tayfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,630 | 1:47,106 | 5,333 |
| Turkey | 90 | 1:864,682 | 41,266 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Tayfa (102) may also be a first name.
Tayfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tayfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tayfa (Bengali: তায়ফা, Hindi: तायफा) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tayfa? popularity and diffusion
Tayfa is the 233,088th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,210,021 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Tayfa are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 935,178th most frequent given name throughout the world, borne by 102 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 1,630 people, or 1 in 47,106. In Iran it is most common in: Kerman Province, where 60 percent live, West Azerbaijan Province, where 12 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 11 percent live. Aside from Iran it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 5 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tayfa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tayfa in the Bengali language | ||
| তায়ফা | tayapha | - |
| Tayfa in the Hindi language | ||
| तायफा | tayapha | 83.33 |
| तयफा | tayapha | 16.67 |
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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 Tayfa
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