Tefine Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Tefine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Tefine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tefine Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tefine (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻔﻴﻦ) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tefine click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tefine? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tefine is the 6,723,624th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Tefine is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tefine are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 100 percent are found. Aside from South Africa Tefine exists in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tefaine | 92 | 20 | / |
| Tiefine | 92 | 2 | / |
| Tefineh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Thiefine | 86 | 140 | / |
| Teffaine | 86 | 119 | / |
| Thefaine | 86 | 39 | / |
| Tieffine | 86 | 2 | / |
| Tiefaine | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tefane | 83 | 86 | / |
| Tifine | 83 | 30 | / |
| Tafine | 83 | 29 | / |
| Tefoin | 83 | 5 | / |
| Tefene | 83 | 5 | / |
| Tefini | 83 | 4 | / |
| Tofine | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tyfine | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thieffine | 80 | 377 | / |
| Thiefaine | 80 | 236 | / |
| Tieffinie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thetfinee | 80 | 0 | / |
| Thifine | 77 | 22 | / |
| Taffine | 77 | 22 | / |
| Tefehne | 77 | 20 | / |
| Tefoune | 77 | 17 | / |
| Teffene | 77 | 13 | / |
| Tifaine | 77 | 6 | / |
| Teffane | 77 | 5 | / |
| Tyofine | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tiefiny | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tefaini | 77 | 2 | / |
| Teffène | 77 | 1 | / |
| Téfaine | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teffein | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teffiny | 77 | 0 | / |
| Tapfine | 77 | 0 | / |
| Tafaine | 77 | 0 | / |
| Thieffaine | 75 | 28 | / |
| Tiffaine | 71 | 48 | / |
| Theifane | 71 | 38 | / |
| Thiefain | 71 | 23 | / |
| Tephaine | 71 | 14 | / |
| Tiffoine | 71 | 8 | / |
| Tiffiney | 71 | 5 | / |
| Tesfaune | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tesfayne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Teffoune | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tefienyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thifaine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Théfaine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tiefeneh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tefenesh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tiffinee | 71 | 0 | / |
| Tiffinie | 71 | 0 | / |
| Taffiney | 71 | 0 | / |
| Tifane | 67 | 116 | / |
| Tafune | 67 | 64 | / |
| Tifoin | 67 | 17 | / |
| Thephaine | 67 | 7 | / |
| Teifienyo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tifini | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tifene | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tifain | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tefeni | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tafene | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tofene | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tafiny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tyfane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tifune | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tefena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tefuni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tiffoinet | 67 | 0 | / |
Tefine Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tefine in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻔﻴﻦ | tfyn | - |
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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 Tefine
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