Terfaya Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Terfaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 265 | 1:145,779 | 19,312 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Terfaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Terfaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Terfaya is found most in Algeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Terfaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Terfaya is the 973,426th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 27,396,789 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Terfaya are found; 100 percent are found in North Africa and 100 percent are found in Mahgreb.
This last name is most widely held in Algeria, where it is held by 265 people, or 1 in 145,779. In Algeria Terfaya is most prevalent in: Béchar Province, where 55 percent are found, Naâma Province, where 44 percent are found and Batna Province, where 0 percent are found. Barring Algeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terfaa | 92 | 230 | / |
| Terfay | 92 | 2 | / |
| Tarfaya | 86 | 1,478 | / |
| Terfaia | 86 | 23 | / |
| Tierfaa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Terfa | 83 | 13,311 | / |
| Terffiya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Terfai | 77 | 653 | / |
| Terfea | 77 | 43 | / |
| Terffa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Terrfa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tarfay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Terfiy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tarfaia | 71 | 279 | / |
| Terfoja | 71 | 9 | / |
| Tarfaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Terfe | 67 | 7,920 | / |
| Terfi | 67 | 942 | / |
| Tirfa | 67 | 23 | / |
| Trefy | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tyrfy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Torfayeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Terfé | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Terfaya
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