Toufe Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Toufe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 56 | 1:342,715 | 9,958 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Toufe (18) may also be a first name.
Toufe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Toufe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Toufe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻓﻪ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Toufe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Toufe is the 2,530,696th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Toufe reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Toufe is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 18 people.
The last name Toufe is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 342,715. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Agadez Region, where 98 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 2 percent are found. Barring Niger this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Toufe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Toufe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻓﻪ | twfh | 50 |
| ﺗﻮﻑ | twf | 50 |
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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 Toufe
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