Tesfaye Surname

438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,173,468 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Tesfaye Surname User-submission:

Tesfaye means 'my hope' in Amharic. It's a variant of tesfa, which means 'hope'.

Tesfaye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,167,2601:841
Sudan3,6401:10,3051,452
United States1,4511:249,79923,761
Canada1841:200,24819,574
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
England1161:480,32831,110
United Arab Emirates1091:84,0587,655
Sweden901:109,4087,883
Germany851:947,12366,306
Netherlands491:344,63638,971
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Switzerland331:248,87620,666
Norway291:177,32021,035
France281:2,372,240182,981
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Iceland171:22,3581,772
Finland131:422,82327,659
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Eritrea91:527,989318
Djibouti91:101,659734
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
India71:109,580,769786,157
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Tesfaye (539,140) may also be a first name.

Tesfaye Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Tesfaye means 'my hope' in Amharic. It's a variant of tesfa, which means 'hope'.

- asrat

Tesfaye means 'my hope'.

- tesfai

Tesfaye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tesfaye (Arabic: تسفاي, Russian: Тесфайе) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tesfaye? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tesfaye is the 438th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,210 people. The last name Tesfaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tesfaye reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,854th most common first name globally. It is borne by 539,140 people.

It is the most frequently used surname in one country:Ethiopia, where 99 percent are found. This last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,167,260 people, or 1 in 84. Beside Ethiopia this surname occurs in 55 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Tesfaye Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tesfaye last name are 40.56% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 93.79% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tesfaye earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 8.85% less than the national average, earning 315,453 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.27% more than the national average, earning $44,562 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.64% less than the national average, earning $43,401 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tessfaye932,417/
Tesffaye939/
Tesfayee939/
Tesfayie935/
Tesfayei934/
Tesfayeh934/
Teesfaye931/
Tesfaaye931/
Tesfayeu931/
Tesfauye931/
Tesfay92139,709/
Tesfye921,938/
Tefaye921,293/
Tesfae9221/
Tesfayeie881,932/
Tessfayye881/
Tessfayie881/
Tesfayesh881/
Tasfaye862,751/
Tesfaya8622/
Tesfayi8618/
Teffaye8610/
Tesfaue869/
Tesfeye866/
Tesfayo865/
Tisfaye864/
Taesfay864/
Tesfaie864/
Tesfaiy863/
Tesfawe862/
Teafaye861/
Tesfoye861/
Tesfuye861/
Tessfay861/
Tedfaye861/
Tesfays861/
Tefay839/
Tefae831/
Tesfayeová822/
Tesfayus802/
Tesfayai801/
Tesfawey801/
Tesfai7736,684/
Tefiye77272/
Tesfau7713/
Tefaei7712/
Tesfue7710/
Tesfie779/
Tasfay779/
Tisfay774/
Tefoye774/
Tefahy774/
Tefaya772/
Tesfey772/
Tefeye771/
Tefayo771/
Tesfeu771/
Tasfeye711/
Tesfyia711/
Tessfai711/
Tashfay710/
Tieffay710/
Tefue67132/
Tefau67127/
Tefaj6765/
Tefoe6761/
Tefie6745/
Tifae6725/
Tefeu6725/
Tefei6713/
Tefai6712/
Tefaa679/
Tefee672/
Tefoa671/
Tefea671/
Tefey671/

Tesfaye Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tesfaye in the Russian language
Тесфайеtesfaje-
Tesfaye in the Arabic language
تسفايtsfay-

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