Tofu Surname

300,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,265 people bear this surname

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

Tofu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tofu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8931:60,6697,662
Japan2511:509,34014,568
Solomon Islands781:7,4361,165
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Tofu (733) may also be a first name.

Tofu Last Name Facts

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

Tofu (Hindi: तोफू, Russian: Тофу) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tofu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 300,507th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,760,906 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Tofu live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 304,274th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 733 people.

Tofu is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 893 people, or 1 in 60,669. In South Africa Tofu is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 55 percent live, Western Cape, where 23 percent live and Gauteng, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 20 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 6 percent live.

Tofu Last Name Statistics demography

Tofu earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.34% less than the national average, earning R 156,024 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tofeu8962/
Thofu8924/
Tofup896/
Toffu895/
Tofui894/
Toufu893/
Tofus893/
Tofou892/
Tofau892/
Toofu891/
Toffeu80126/
Toufeu8065/
Toufou8027/
Touffu808/
Toffou802/
Toufau801/
Toufus801/
Tefu754,066/
Tafu75949/
Touffeu7312/
Touffut734/
Touffou732/
Toufous731/
Tafui671,306/
Teffu671,268/
Tafuy67242/
Tafau67204/
Tafou67177/
Tafuh67152/
Tefau67127/
Thafu67117/
Tefuh6795/
Tefou6761/
Tafeu6750/
Taffu6748/
Tophu6745/
Taefu6733/
Ștefu6732/
Tefeu6725/
Thefu6717/
Teefu6715/
Tapfu6712/
Tafut677/
Tasfu673/
Taufu672/
Tafuj672/
Tatfu672/
Taafu672/
Tofoe671/
Toufouss671/
Tazfu671/
Tahfu671/
Tafud671/
Tefui671/
Tafus671/
Tafup671/

Tofu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tofu in the Hindi language
तोफूtophu-
Tofu in the Russian language
Тофуtofu-

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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 Tofu
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