Tesfai Surname
Approximately 36,684 people bear this surname
Tesfai Surname User-submission:
Tesfaye means 'my hope'.
Tesfai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | 33,217 | 1:143 | 43 |
| Sudan | 2,240 | 1:16,746 | 2,298 |
| United States | 515 | 1:703,804 | 55,627 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Sweden | 149 | 1:66,086 | 5,043 |
| Germany | 97 | 1:829,953 | 60,372 |
| Canada | 80 | 1:460,570 | 39,784 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| Norway | 27 | 1:190,455 | 22,163 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Tesfai (1,572) may also be a first name.
Tesfai Surname Meaning
Tesfai Demographics
Average Tesfai Salary in
United States
$44,360 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tesfai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tesfai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tesfai is more commonly found in Eritrea than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tesfai.
How Common Is The Last Name Tesfai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 15,188th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 198,657 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tesfai reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tesfai is also the 195,254th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 1,572 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Eritrea, where it is carried by 33,217 people, or 1 in 143. Other than Eritrea Tesfai is found in 28 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Tesfai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tesfai last name are 41.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.59% being registered with the political party.
The amount Tesfai earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 1.76% less than the national average, earning 339,992 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.81% more than the national average, earning $44,360 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.27% less than the national average, earning $40,604 CAD per year.
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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
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- 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 Tesfai
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