Tefy Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Madagascar
Highest density in:
Madagascar

Tefy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tefy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Madagascar161:1,478,1152,908
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Tefy (3,380) may also be a first name.

Tefy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tefy is more commonly found in Madagascar than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tefy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Tefy are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in Barito Africa. Tefy is also the 122,571st most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 3,380 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Madagascar, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,478,115. Aside from Madagascar this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 10 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toefy89719/
Teefy89263/
Teffy8925/
Tiefy8919/
Tefay899/
Taefy898/
Tesfy895/
Tefey891/
Tesfay80139,709/
Teefey80213/
Toefey8036/
Tefahy804/
Tessfy804/
Tieffy803/
Toeffy802/
Tefaya802/
Tesfey802/
Tesfiy801/
Teffey801/
Tefa7519,129/
Tefe752,326/
Tefi752,034/
Tofy75356/
Tafy75250/
Tefé755/
Tify752/
Thieffy735/
Teaffey732/
Tesfays731/
Tessfay731/
Teffiey731/
Tieffay730/
Teffa67451/
Tafyi67383/
Tafay67340/
Teefe67261/
Tafuy67242/
Taify67205/
Teffe67204/
Teefa67161/
Tiefa67148/
Taffy6792/
Tiefi6791/
Taefi6783/
Tefer6770/
Tefeh6769/
Tehfe6765/
Tefaj6765/
Teifa6764/
Tofey6761/
Toffy6755/
Tefie6745/
Tiffy6731/
Tefeu6725/
Tehfi6722/
Teifi6720/
Tefit6719/
Tesfe6717/
Thefe6716/
Teafa6715/
Tefei6713/
Tefai6712/
Teffi6710/
Tofay6710/
Tefaa679/
Tefij678/
Tafey676/
Tafoy675/
Tifoy674/
Tiefe673/
Teife673/
Teufe673/
Teffé673/
Tefid673/
Tesfi672/
Tefee672/
Tephy672/
Teufi672/
Tefoa671/
Tefui671/
Taefe671/
Teyfa671/
Toefi671/
Tesfaaye671/
Tefea671/
Tefio671/
Tyfys671/
Tefet671/
Tefoi671/
Thefi671/
Tafyh671/
Tewfi671/
Tefhi671/
Taafy670/
Thafy670/

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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 Tefy
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