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

The surname Toffar is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Toffar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 576,965th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 13,371,644 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Toffar live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Toffar is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 535 people, or 1 in 101,267. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 81 percent live, Northern Cape, where 7 percent live and Gauteng, where 4 percent live. Apart from South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Toffar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Toffar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Toffar surname grew 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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