Teifa Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Teifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Teifa (17) may also be a first name.
Teifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Teifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Teifa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻃﻴﻔﻪ) is found most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Teifa? popularity and diffusion
Teifa is the 2,394,033rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name Teifa is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Teifa reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Teifa is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name globally, held by 17 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria Teifa is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 84 percent reside, Kogi, where 8 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Teifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Teifa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻃﻴﻔﻪ | tyfh | - |
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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 Teifa
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