Tefula Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Tefula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tefula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1421:274,92419,750
England141:3,979,861125,553
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Tefula Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tefula (Hindi: तेफुला) is found most frequently in Uganda. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tefula? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,310,135th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Tefula live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Tefula is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 274,924. In Uganda Tefula is most numerous in: Bugiri District, where 32 percent live, Kamuli District, where 32 percent live and Luuka District, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toefula926/
Tefulla921/
Teefula921/
Tafula838,211/
Tifula8315/
Tefuli839/
Tefila832/
Tifulia7714/
Tefilia7710/
Tafulla773/
Tefolla772/
Tofulla771/
Tafulau771/
Teufila771/
Tifullah711/
Tafullah711/
Thephula711/
Tafila67216/
Tefolo6730/
Tafulo6728/
Tofila6722/
Tifila679/
Tefilo677/
Taifullah675/
Tiefoulou671/
Tefole670/
Teyfollya670/

Tefula Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tefula in the Hindi language
तेफुलाtephula-

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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 Tefula
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