Torfi Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iceland

Torfi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Torfi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran321:2,399,45479,639
England181:3,095,448105,421
France121:5,535,227269,324
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Iceland31:126,6975,403
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Torfi (245) may also be a first name.

Torfi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Torfi occurs in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Torfi.

How Common Is The Last Name Torfi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,871,545th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. Torfi occurs predominantly in Europe, where 49 percent of Torfi reside; 33 percent reside in South Asia and 33 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 570,604th most frequent given name in the world It is held by 245 people.

Torfi is most frequent in Iran, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 2,399,454. Outside of Iran this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent are found and France, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thorfi9120/
Torfish830/
Tarfi801,759/
Terfi80942/
Torfa80609/
Turfi80210/
Torfe80135/
Torfy804/
Terfie731,940/
Terfai73653/
Torfeh7338/
Torfer7326/
Tourfa7314/
Tarfai736/
Torfee734/
Turfai732/
Tharfi732/
Terfiy731/
Thorfe731/
Tarfie730/
Turfie730/
Torfet730/
Tourfe730/
Tourhfist711/
Tarfaia67279/
Turfitt6756/
Turfait6711/
Tarfitt673/
Thorffe672/
Tarfait672/
Torffee671/

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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 Torfi
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