Tsalfa Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

Tsalfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tsalfa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria681:2,605,04184,856
Niger531:362,11410,354

Tsalfa (105) may also be a first name.

Tsalfa Last Name Facts

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

Tsalfa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsalfa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,649,806th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tsalfa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tsalfa is also the 920,134th most frequent forename globally, borne by 105 people.

The last name Tsalfa is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 2,605,041. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 63 percent reside, Zamfara, where 24 percent reside and Ekiti, where 7 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 44 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tsalfha921/
Csalfa832/
Tsoulfa77285/
Tchalfa776/
Tsalpha772/
Calfa731,102/
Zalfa73184/
Čalfa7399/
Tsoulfas71416/
Chalfa67104/
Zalfah6723/
Dzalfa6713/
Calffa6711/
Zalfaa678/
Cialfa678/
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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 Tsalfa
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