Tefolo Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Tefolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tefolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Tefolo (17) may also be a first name.

Tefolo Last Name Facts

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

Tefolo is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tefolo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tefolo? popularity and diffusion

Tefolo is the 3,602,217th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Tefolo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tefolo reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tefolo is also the 2,694,839th most common forename internationally It is held by 17 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Beside The DR Congo Tefolo is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent are found and Liberia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tiefolo9210/
Teffolo921/
Tofolo83678/
Tifolo83278/
Tafolo83152/
Tefelo8353/
Tiefoulou801/
Toffolo773,350/
Tofollo7742/
Tiofolo772/
Tafollo772/
Tefolla772/
Thofolo771/
Tafoulo771/
Tefoila771/
Thoffolo7110/
Toffollo716/
Thiefalo712/
Toffolio711/
Thofollo711/
Tiefaloy710/
Tofalo67403/
Tefula67172/
Tofola6722/
Tafola675/
Thoffollo673/
Tafelo672/
Tofelo671/
Tefala671/
Teyfollya670/

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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 Tefolo
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