Tesfay Surname
Approximately 139,709 people bear this surname
Tesfay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | 75,292 | 1:63 | 11 |
| Ethiopia | 59,079 | 1:1,651 | 291 |
| Sudan | 3,640 | 1:10,305 | 1,452 |
| United States | 493 | 1:735,211 | 57,637 |
| Sweden | 416 | 1:23,670 | 1,923 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| England | 135 | 1:412,726 | 28,150 |
| Canada | 75 | 1:491,275 | 42,011 |
| United Arab Emirates | 52 | 1:176,198 | 12,766 |
| Switzerland | 50 | 1:164,258 | 15,252 |
| Norway | 50 | 1:102,846 | 13,903 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Netherlands | 38 | 1:444,399 | 44,765 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Tesfay (107,866) may also be a first name.
Tesfay Demographics
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Tesfay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tesfay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tesfay (Russian: Тэсфай) is found in Eritrea more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tesfay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,022nd most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 52,162 people. The last name Tesfay occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tesfay are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 9,511th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 107,866 people.
It is most widely held in Eritrea, where it is held by 75,292 people, or 1 in 63. Aside from Eritrea this last name occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 42 percent are found and Sudan, where 3 percent are found.
Tesfay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tesfay last name are 45.23% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 98.46% being registered with the party.
The amount Tesfay earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 61.6% less than the national average, earning €11,531 per year; in Norway they earn 30.02% less than the national average, earning 242,180 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.51% more than the national average, earning $43,802 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.72% less than the national average, earning $37,402 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tesfay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tesfay in the Russian language | ||
| Тэсфай | tesfaj | - |
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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
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- 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 Tesfay
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