Tifo Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tifo Surname Definition:

Tifo is a surname of the Subiya tribe, meaning: a child who arrives as a payment.

Tifo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Cameroon271:769,22554,005
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Niger71:2,741,71749,802
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Somaliland11:3,500,1821,592
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Tifo (112) may also be a first name.

Tifo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Tifo is a surname of the Subiya tribe, meaning: a child who arrives as a payment.

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Tifo Last Name Facts

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

Tifo (Hindi: तीफो, Russian: Тифо) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tifo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tifo is the 1,070,546th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Tifo reside; 53 percent reside in North Africa and 53 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 885,979th most common first name at a global level It is held by 112 people.

The surname Tifo is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Aside from Egypt Tifo exists in 21 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 12 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside.

Tifo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tifo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 29.31% less than the national average, earning R 167,976 per year and in Colombia they earn 45.84% more than the national average, earning $33,109,400 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taifo89247/
Tifoi89105/
Tiffo8969/
Tifos8924/
Tiofo8922/
Teifo8916/
Tuifo897/
Tifou896/
Tifoy894/
Toifo892/
Dtifo892/
Tiefo891/
Tifoh891/
Thifo891/
Tiffou8077/
Taifoi8068/
Tioffo808/
Tiffot805/
Tifous805/
Taifou804/
Thiffo803/
Tiefou802/
Titfoo801/
Tuifoi801/
Tieffo801/
Thifou801/
Teiffo801/
Tifa754,120/
Tefo753,957/
Tufo751,362/
Tifá751/
Taiffou734/
Teffo677,722/
Taifa672,016/
Tifas67328/
Tiffa67256/
Tivfa67202/
Tuffo67187/
Thifa67177/
Tiefa67148/
Tifah67111/
Tufoi6782/
Teifa6764/
Tefou6761/
Tizfa6729/
Teufo6727/
Toifa6726/
Tuifa6722/
Thefo6722/
Tayfo6717/
Tyfoi6713/
Tifat676/
Tefos675/
Tepfo674/
Tefho674/
Tiofa673/
Tivoh673/
Tufuo672/
Théfo672/
Tifaa672/
Teefo672/
Tefoi671/
Tifau671/
Tyfuo671/
Tesfo671/
Tefoa671/
Tefoh671/
Tihfa671/
Tifaz671/
Tipho670/

Tifo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tifo in the Hindi language
तीफोtipho-
Tifo in the Russian language
Тифоtifo-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tifo
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