Toffar Surname

576,965th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 545 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Toffar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Toffar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5351:101,26712,264
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Toffar Last Name Facts

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

Toffar is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Toffar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 576,965th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 13,371,644 people. The last name Toffar occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Toffar live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 535 people, or 1 in 101,267. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 81 percent are found, Northern Cape, where 7 percent are found and Gauteng, where 4 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Toffar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Toffar has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Toffar Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Toffar earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 6.4% more than the national average, earning R 252,852 per year and in United States they earn 8.65% less than the national average, earning $39,417 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toffart9228/
Toffaar926/
Tofar91177/
Touffart861/
Touffear861/
Toufar83530/
Taffar83458/
Tofare8311/
Teffar836/
Toffor831/
Tofear831/
Toofar831/
Touffaire808/
Touffarre801/
Taffard77166/
Toyfair7712/
Toffour772/
Toufare771/
Taffart771/
Taffare771/
Tofforh771/
Taffarr770/
Toifare770/
Tofford770/
Tafar73319/
Tofor7313/
Tefar731/
Tofarova711/
Touffour711/
Toufarová67369/
Tafare67232/
Tophar6744/
Toutfaire6728/
Tofohr6725/
Tafart6724/
Toforh6724/
Tafgar6723/
Tapfar6722/
Thafar6721/
Taufar6716/
Ttafar6712/
Toifor6711/
Taafar676/
Toufarova676/
Tgafar676/
Tafhar671/
Tahfar671/
Taffor671/
Thefar671/
Tofuor671/
Toufor671/
Toford670/
Topfor670/

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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 Toffar
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