Tefi Surname

204,296th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,034 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Tefi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tefi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,9451:67,9947,340
Lesotho161:127,03512,091
Algeria111:3,511,95946,373
Albania111:264,91415,006
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
India61:127,844,230863,365
Iran61:12,797,087199,837
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Tefi (275) may also be a first name.

Tefi Last Name Facts

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

Tefi (Arabic: تفي, Hindi: टेफी, Russian: Тэфи) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tefi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 204,296th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,582,864 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Tefi live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 96 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 535,844th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 275 people.

The surname Tefi is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,945 people, or 1 in 67,994. In Indonesia Tefi is most frequent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 97 percent are found, Central Kalimantan, where 2 percent are found and East Java, where 1 percent are found. Barring Indonesia Tefi exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 1 percent are found and Algeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tiefi8991/
Taefi8983/
Tefie8945/
Tehfi8922/
Teifi8920/
Tefit8919/
Tefei8913/
Tefai8912/
Teffi8910/
Tefij898/
Tefid893/
Teufi892/
Tesfi892/
Tefoi891/
Thefi891/
Tefhi891/
Tewfi891/
Tefui891/
Toefi891/
Tefio891/
Tesfai8036,684/
Tieffi80381/
Teifio8011/
Tesfit809/
Tefoit806/
Tefeij805/
Ștefoi805/
Teffit802/
Toefie802/
Tefhid801/
Tesfhi801/
Tefich801/
Tesfiy801/
Teufai801/
Tehefi801/
Tejfai801/
Tiefie801/
Teiffi801/
Tiefei801/
Teffie800/
Tefiss800/
Tefa7519,129/
Tafi752,856/
Tefe752,326/
Tofi751,175/
Tifi75618/
Tefy7520/
Tefé755/
Toeffie7356/
Thepfai7313/
Tieffie732/
Teffiey731/
Tessfai731/
Tafui671,306/
Taifi671,302/
Tafai67834/
Toefy67719/
Tifui67684/
Toffi67613/
Tafih67526/
Taffi67524/
Tahfi67505/
Teffa67451/
Tafyi67383/
Tofei67298/
Tayfi67292/
Teefy67263/
Teefe67261/
Ttofi67240/
Teffe67204/
Ttafi67162/
Teefa67161/
Tiefa67148/
Tofie67123/
Tiffi67117/
Tifoi67105/
Tafei67100/
Tefer6770/
Tefeh6769/
Tehfe6765/
Tefaj6765/
Teifa6764/
Tafie6763/
Tafoi6741/
Tawfi6734/
Tafhi6733/
Teffy6725/
Tefeu6725/
Tephi6724/
Tafij6722/
Tiefy6719/
Tesfe6717/
Thefe6716/
Teafa6715/
Tofai6715/
Thafi6714/
Tyfoi6713/
Thofi6712/
Tofij679/
Tefay679/
Tefaa679/
Taefy678/
Taafi677/
Tohfi676/
Tofoi676/
Tesfy675/
Dtifi674/
Tofui674/
Tofih673/
Tiefe673/
Tiofi673/
Teffé673/
Tavfi673/
Teife673/
Teufe673/
Tyofi673/
Tifis672/
Tajfi672/
Tifio672/
Tefee672/
Tefet671/
Tefey671/
Tifai671/
Téfit671/
Tefoa671/
Taefe671/
Teyfa671/
Tifie671/
Tefea671/

Tefi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tefi in the Hindi language
टेफीtephi-
Tefi in the Russian language
Тэфиtefi-
Tefi in the Arabic language
تفيtfy-

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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
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  • 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 Tefi
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