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) occurs most in Benin. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Teffa.
How Common Is The Last Name Teffa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Teffa is the 664,903rd most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 16,158,638 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 112 people.
This last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 358 people, or 1 in 28,870. In Benin it is primarily found in: Plateau Department, where 68 percent reside, Atakora Department, where 21 percent reside and Zou Department, where 7 percent reside. Besides Benin this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 9 percent reside and Cameroon, where 8 percent reside.
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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