Terfaia Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Terfaia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Terfaia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria111:3,511,95946,373
France91:7,380,302306,885
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Terfaia (25) may also be a first name.

Terfaia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Terfaia occurs most in Algeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Terfaia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,116,508th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 48 percent of Terfaia live; 48 percent live in North Africa and 48 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 25 people.

The surname Terfaia is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 3,511,959. In Algeria Terfaia is most common in: Algiers Province, where 36 percent reside, Ghardaïa Province, where 36 percent reside and Blida Province, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Algeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 39 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Terfai92653/
Terfaa92230/
Tarfaia86279/
Terfaya86266/
Tierfaa861/
Terfa8313,311/
Terfi83942/
Terfie771,940/
Terfea7743/
Terffa7710/
Tarfai776/
Terfay772/
Terrfa771/
Terfiy771/
Tarfaya711,478/
Terfoja719/
Tarfeia713/
Terfist711/
Terfe677,920/
Trefi6730/
Tirfa6723/
Tirfi6711/
Terffiya671/
Terfé671/

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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 Terfaia
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