Tefempa Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tefempa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Tefempa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon311:669,97049,334
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Tefempa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tefempa is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tefempa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,432,070th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. Tefempa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Tefempa are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 669,970. In Cameroon Tefempa is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 65 percent reside, West Region, where 26 percent reside and Centre Region, where 3 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tafempa8649/
Tefeba771/
Tafampa712/
Tafenpa712/
Tefebai711/
Tafompa711/
Tifeeva572/
Tefebeu571/
Tefeubeu531/
Thiphimpa502/

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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 Tefempa
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