Tayfur Surname

75,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,526 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Tayfur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tayfur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey6,4231:12,1161,562
Northern Cyprus221:14,5003,711
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Austria121:709,62061,025
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Afghanistan111:2,923,01717,932
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
England41:13,929,515290,718
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Tayfur (7,002) may also be a first name.

Tayfur Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tayfur (Arabic: طيفور, Russian: Тайфур) is found most in Turkey. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tayfur? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tayfur is the 75,243rd most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,116,694 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Tayfur reside; 78 percent reside in West Asia and 78 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 77,533rd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 7,002 people.

This last name is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 6,423 people, or 1 in 12,116. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 27 percent are found, Diyarbakir Province, where 11 percent are found and Agri Province, where 10 percent are found. Not including Turkey this last name occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tayfour926,525/
Tafur9133,282/
Tyfur912/
Tayffour861/
Taiyfour861/
Tayfoure861/
Teyfur831,087/
Taifur83887/
Tafurt83524/
Taffur83506/
Tafour83349/
Taefur8384/
Tayfor8330/
Tyfour8311/
Tafurh838/
Tafure837/
Taufur835/
Toyfur835/
Thafur832/
Tafuir831/
Tafuur831/
Tayfurova8026/
Taifour775,080/
Taufour77194/
Tafurth77134/
Tayfoor7761/
Thaifur7741/
Teyfour7715/
Tafhurt7715/
Tayefor7712/
Thoyfur7710/
Taffurt773/
Tafourt773/
Taffour772/
Tatfour771/
Taifeur771/
Taffure771/
Tafor73504/
Tifur73147/
Tefur7366/
Tyfor731/
Tafúr731/
Taiffour7115/
Thoyifur716/
Tahfourt714/
Taffurth713/
Tafourth711/
Theyfurt710/
Tifour672,618/
Taifor67239/
Toifur67158/
Teyfurova6770/
Tafoor6719/
Teifur6715/
Tapfor6711/
Tefour6710/
Taifurova674/
Teefur673/
Taufor673/
Tefure672/
Taphur671/
Taffor671/
Teffur671/
Thefur671/
Teafor670/

Tayfur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tayfur in the Russian language
Тайфурtajfur-
Tayfur in the Arabic language
طيفورtyfwr-

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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 Tayfur
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