Teffa Surname
Approximately 451 people bear this surname
Teffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 358 | 1:28,870 | 3,825 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Teffa (112) may also be a first name.
Teffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Teffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Teffa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻔﻰ) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Teffa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 664,903rd most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 16,158,638 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Teffa reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 885,979th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 112 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 358 people, or 1 in 28,870. In Benin Teffa is most common in: Plateau Department, where 68 percent live, Atakora Department, where 21 percent live and Zou Department, where 7 percent live. Besides Benin it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Teffa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Teffa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻔﻰ | tfy | 50 |
| ﺗﻔﺎ | tfa | 50 |
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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 Teffa
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