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
Teffa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻔﻰ) occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Teffa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 664,903rd most frequent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 16,158,638 people. Teffa occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Teffa live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Teffa is also the 885,979th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 112 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 358 people, or 1 in 28,870. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 68 percent live, Atakora Department, where 21 percent live and Zou Department, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Benin it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs 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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