Tefu Surname

113,753rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,066 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tefu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tefu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,9621:27,6143,536
Indonesia1,8701:70,7217,623
Tanzania1101:481,28732,644
Cameroon811:256,40824,973
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Tefu (200) may also be a first name.

Tefu Last Name Facts

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

Tefu is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Tefu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tefu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 113,753rd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,792,313 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Tefu live; 48 percent live in Southern Africa and 48 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tefu is also the 640,739th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 200 people.

Tefu is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 1,962 people, or 1 in 27,614. In South Africa Tefu is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 50 percent reside, Limpopo, where 38 percent reside and North West, where 4 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 46 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.

Tefu Last Name Statistics demography

Tefu earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.47% less than the national average, earning R 172,368 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tesfu8930,070/
Teffu891,268/
Tefau89127/
Tefuh8995/
Tefou8961/
Tefus8935/
Taefu8933/
Ștefu8932/
Tefeu8925/
Thefu8917/
Teefu8915/
Tiefu892/
Tefui891/
Tefut891/
Tiefau8031/
Teffeu8016/
Tesfau8013/
Tesfou805/
Tiefou802/
Teffou802/
Teufou802/
Tehfuh801/
Tessfu801/
Ștefuț801/
Teufeu801/
Tehfou801/
Teefou801/
Tefout801/
Tesfeu801/
Tefeue801/
Tofu751,265/
Tifu751,049/
Tafu75949/
Tyfu755/
Teffaut7398/
Thefaut7323/
Teffaud7320/
Tefault730/
Tifuh672,169/
Tafui671,306/
Tifui67684/
Tafuy67242/
Tafau67204/
Tafuh67152/
Thifu67132/
Thafu67117/
Tofeu6762/
Tefoe6761/
Tafeu6750/
Taffu6748/
Thofu6724/
Tapfu6712/
Taifu6711/
Teichfuß6710/
Tiffu676/
Tephu676/
Teffault676/
Tifou676/
Toffu675/
The'faut674/
Tihfu674/
Tyofu674/
Tifut674/
Tofui674/
Tipfu674/
Taafu672/
Tofau672/
Tifau671/
Tifup671/
Tahfu671/
Thefault671/
Htyfu671/
Tifus670/

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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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  • 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 Tefu
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