Timofti Surname

237,397th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,691 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Timofti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Timofti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania8101:24,7873,148
Moldova7831:4,548660
Russia551:2,620,419149,158
United States171:21,321,114641,998
England61:9,286,343223,652
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Timofti Last Name Facts

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

The surname Timofti (Russian: Тимофти) is more frequently found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Timofti click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Timofti? popularity and diffusion

It is the 237,397th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,309,607 people. The surname Timofti occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Timofti reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The last name Timofti is most commonly used in Romania, where it is borne by 810 people, or 1 in 24,787. In Romania it is mostly found in: Iași County, where 31 percent reside, Botoșani County, where 13 percent reside and Bacău County, where 12 percent reside. Not including Romania this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 46 percent reside and Russia, where 3 percent reside.

Timofti Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Timoftei93120/
Timoftii9340/
Timoftiy936/
Timofte869,145/
Timoftă861/
Tymoftei8054/
Tymoftyi8029/
Timoftej806/
Timoftioaia781/
Tymofty71150/
Tymofte7130/
Timofteová713/
Temofte711/
Timafte711/
Timoftejová675/
Tymovty5731/

Timofti Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Timofti in the Russian language
Тимофтиtimofti-

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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 Timofti
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