Tekfa Surname

374,335th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 957 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Tekfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tekfa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria9361:41,2737,387
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
France31:22,140,907385,998
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Tekfa (22) may also be a first name.

Tekfa Last Name Facts

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

Tekfa occurs more in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tekfa.

How Common Is The Last Name Tekfa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 374,335th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,614,991 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tekfa are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Mahgreb. Tekfa is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 22 people.

Tekfa is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is carried by 936 people, or 1 in 41,273. In Algeria Tekfa is most numerous in: Chlef Province, where 42 percent are found, Algiers Province, where 23 percent are found and Aïn Defla Province, where 19 percent are found. Other than Algeria this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent are found and Egypt, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teikfah831/
Takfa80502/
Tekfi80486/
Tikfa807/
Tegfau7340/
Tokhfa738/
Takfai733/
Toikfah676/
Teckfee671/
Togfa601/
Tagfa601/
Tikfi601/
Tocfa601/
Tikvah55149/
Tykfer5546/
Tokpha556/
Tekpho553/
Togfai551/
Tickfer5016/
Teakpho501/
Thogfai501/

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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 Tekfa
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