Tefa Surname

28,096th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Tefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia12,8721:10,2741,305
Egypt5,4301:16,9311,968
Nigeria1351:1,312,16951,890
Albania1231:23,6923,947
Benin1211:85,41810,024
Greece971:114,22519,199
Cameroon711:292,52227,501
United Arab Emirates681:134,73911,022
Mauritania401:102,3726,314
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Ethiopia251:3,901,85010,182
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England81:6,964,757184,742
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Latvia41:512,51230,386
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
France21:33,211,361423,184
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169

Tefa (3,726) may also be a first name.

Tefa Last Name Facts

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

Tefa (Arabic: تيفا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻔﺎ, Hindi: तेफा, Russian: Тефа) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tefa? popularity and diffusion

Tefa is the 28,096th most prevalent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 380,968 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 68 percent of Tefa are found; 67 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 67 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 115,361st most numerous first name internationally, held by 3,726 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 12,872 people, or 1 in 10,274. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 95 percent are found, Central Kalimantan, where 2 percent are found and East Java, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia this last name occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 28 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Tefa Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tefa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.2% more than the national average, earning R 435,360 per year and in United States they earn 45.83% less than the national average, earning $23,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tesfa8979,491/
Teffa89451/
Tefas89185/
Teefa89161/
Tiefa89148/
Tefau89127/
Teufa8997/
Tefaj8965/
Teifa8964/
Thefa8933/
Teafa8915/
Tefah8913/
Tefai8912/
Tefat899/
Tefay899/
Taefa899/
Tefaa899/
Tehfa896/
Toefa893/
Tetfa892/
Tefoa891/
Teyfa891/
Tefea891/
Tesfay80139,709/
Tesfai8036,684/
Teffah806,049/
Tefaha80159/
Tiefau8031/
Ștefea8031/
Teuffa8016/
Tesfau8013/
Teffas809/
Tesfat806/
Tieffa804/
Tefahy804/
Tessfa804/
Teufah802/
Tefaya802/
Tefach801/
Teffat801/
Tefath801/
Teufai801/
Tetfah801/
Tejfai801/
Tefaja801/
Thefah801/
Tesfha801/
Teefaa801/
Tafa7532,708/
Tofa756,854/
Tifa754,120/
Tefo753,957/
Tefe752,326/
Tefi752,034/
Tyfa75130/
Týfa75102/
Tefy7520/
Tefé755/
Tjfa751/
Teffaut7398/
Teffaha7362/
Teffeau7361/
Thefaut7323/
Teffaud7320/
Thepfai7313/
Teffaja739/
Taefaha731/
Teffahe731/
Tessfai731/
Theuffa731/
Tteifah731/
Tessfay731/
Thefaha731/
Tesfays731/
Tieffay730/
Tefault730/
Teefass730/
Teffo677,722/
Toffa673,722/
Tohfa673,008/
Taffa672,574/
Taifa672,016/
Tayfa671,731/
Tafah671,559/
Tafai67834/
Thofa67481/
Tafay67340/
Tifas67328/
Teefy67263/
Teefe67261/
Tiffa67256/
Teffe67204/
Tafau67204/
Tivfa67202/
Ttofa67187/
Tyofa67183/
Thifa67177/
Thyfa67171/
Tafea67133/
Tifah67111/
Thafa6797/
Tevah6793/
Tiefi6791/
Tofea6774/
Tefer6770/
Tefeh6769/
Tehfe6765/
Tefou6761/
Tepha6752/
Tefie6745/
Tofah6735/
Tizfa6729/
Teufo6727/
Toifa6726/
Teffy6725/
Tefeu6725/
Tehfi6722/
Tuifa6722/
Thefo6722/
Teifi6720/
Tiefy6719/
Tehva6719/
Tefit6719/
Tesfe6717/
Thefe6716/
Teifo6716/
Tofai6715/
Tefei6713/
Taafa6712/
Teffi6710/
Tofay6710/
Tahfa678/
Tafaa678/
Tefij678/
Teffault676/
Tifat676/
Tesfy675/
Tefos675/
Tafha675/
Tepfo674/
The'faut674/
Tefho674/
Tofaa674/
Tiefe673/
Tiofa673/
Tefid673/
Teffé673/
Teife673/
Teufe673/
Tyffa672/
Tofau672/
Tifaa672/
Tefee672/
Teufi672/
Tesfi672/
Teefo672/
Tawfa672/
Dtofa672/
Tofha671/
Tefet671/
Tefey671/
Tefoi671/
Thefi671/
Tifai671/
Thefault671/
Tefhi671/
Tesfo671/
Tewfi671/
Tetfahad671/
Tefoh671/
Tefui671/
Taefo671/
Tapfa671/
Tifau671/
Tifaz671/
Tihfa671/
Tiefo671/
Tesfaaye671/
Tefio671/
Tafaï671/

Tefa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tefa in the Hindi language
तेफाtepha-
Tefa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻔﺎtfa72.73
ﺗﻔﻲtfy9.09
ﺗﻔﻰtfy9.09
ﺗﻔﻪtfh4.55
ﺗﻔﺎﺀtfa4.55
Tefa in the Russian language
Тефаtefa-
Tefa in the Arabic language
تيفاtyfa-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tefa
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