Tsufu Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Tsufu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsufu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa791:685,79449,549
Lesotho341:59,7818,665

The alternate forms: Tšufu (1) are calculated separately.

Tsufu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tsufu is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Tšufu. For other potential spellings of Tsufu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsufu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tsufu is the 1,718,748th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tsufu are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 685,794. In South Africa Tsufu is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 53 percent live, Gauteng, where 19 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 13 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 30 percent live.

Tsufu Last Name Statistics demography

Tsufu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.71% less than the national average, earning R 36,324 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tšufu931/
Ts'ufu9130/
Tshufu917/
T'Sufu915/
Tsufeu911/
Tsoufou833/
Tshifu73944/
Tshiefu67926/
Zufu6774/
Cufu674/
Tchoufu672/
Tchufou671/
Tshifuj671/
Tchoufou624/
Tchoufeu621/
Ciufu601,187/
Chufu60146/
Zhufu6022/
Zoufu602/
Zufau601/
Cuifu601/
Zuifu601/
Cuffu600/
Tchouffou574/
Tchouffeu572/
Tcheuffeu571/
Zoufeu552/
Coufou551/
Chufuh551/
Zuffou551/
Zoufou551/
Zeufeu551/
Choufu551/
Zuifau551/
Tchouffout531/
Dzeufou501/
Cheufou501/

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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 Tsufu
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