Tirfe Surname

35,529th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,870 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Tirfe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tirfe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia14,8101:6,5871,046
United States441:8,237,703362,142
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Tirfe (11,450) may also be a first name.

Tirfe Last Name Facts

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

Tirfe is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tirfe.

How Common Is The Last Name Tirfe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 35,529th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 490,084 people. The surname Tirfe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tirfe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tirfe is also the 55,910th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 11,450 people.

This last name is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 14,810 people, or 1 in 6,587. Besides Ethiopia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

Tirfe Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tirfe earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 12.53% more than the national average, earning $48,555 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.92% less than the national average, earning $34,820 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tirfie912,096/
Tirfey914/
Tirfea914/
Tirf89195/
Terfe807,920/
Turfe80142/
Tirfa8023/
Trefe8013/
Tirfi8011/
Titrf801/
Tairf801/
Thirf801/
Tirfz801/
Terfie731,940/
Treffe7386/
Terfea7343/
Terfer7316/
Tiorfi7310/
Turfey733/
Tairev733/
Trefee732/
Terfet732/
Terfee731/
Therfe731/
Terffe731/
Terfes731/
Trepfe731/
Thirff730/
Trefey730/
Turfie730/
Trew674,599/
Terfehr67417/
Tirb67134/
Tref67101/
Trev6769/
Terf6735/
Terfech679/
Tirw675/
Tjrf671/
Tierfaa671/
Theirft671/
Treffey670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Tirfe
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