Tefta Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Tefta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 46 | 1:451,501 | 37,608 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tefta (3,120) may also be a first name.
Tefta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tefta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tefta is found most in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tefta? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,808,717th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name Tefta is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Tefta reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 128,978th most commonly held forename on earth It is held by 3,120 people.
The surname Tefta is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 451,501. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 72 percent are found and North Region, where 28 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Tefta exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tefthas | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tafta | 80 | 304 | / |
| Tofta | 80 | 27 | / |
| Tewta | 80 | 10 | / |
| Tevta | 80 | 9 | / |
| Tefte | 80 | 8 | / |
| Tefti | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tefty | 80 | 1 | / |
| Taftai | 73 | 201 | / |
| Tewtay | 73 | 117 | / |
| Tiftha | 73 | 36 | / |
| Taftay | 73 | 19 | / |
| Teftis | 73 | 9 | / |
| Tefter | 73 | 2 | / |
| Teftiş | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tewtat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taffta | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teabta | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taftah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tewtai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toffta | 73 | 0 | / |
| Tevtaya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Teftist | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tewtaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teffter | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tefta
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