Tofah Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Tofah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tofah (51) may also be a first name.
Tofah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tofah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tofah has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tofah.
How Common Is The Last Name Tofah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tofah is the 3,323,005th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Tofah is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Tofah are found; 40 percent are found in Southern Africa and 40 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 51 people.
This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,869,836. In South Africa it is most common in: Western Cape, where 86 percent live, Free State, where 7 percent live and Gauteng, where 7 percent live. Barring South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 31 percent live and Ghana, where 26 percent live.
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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 Tofah
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