Tufa Surname

23,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,744 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Albania

Tufa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tufa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia18,5131:5,269842
Albania1,3911:2,095350
Romania1,2511:16,0492,068
Bangladesh8111:196,4946,734
Pakistan1401:1,276,02814,885
Greece1141:97,19116,372
United States801:4,530,737237,840
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Indonesia541:2,449,059145,688
Papua New Guinea531:153,84421,244
Nigeria521:3,406,592101,701
Kosovo361:51,7194,008
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Liberia191:232,02814,625
American Samoa191:2,935631
North Macedonia161:131,34210,370
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Moldova111:323,76125,884
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
England71:7,959,723202,100
India71:109,580,769786,157
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Norway61:857,04855,549
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

The alternate forms: Tufă (329) are calculated separately.

Tufa (125,714) may also be a first name.

Tufa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tufa (Hindi: तुफा, Oriya: ତୁଫା, Russian: Туфа) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Tufă. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tufa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 23,806th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 320,416 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Tufa live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tufa is also the 8,259th most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 125,714 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 18,513 people, or 1 in 5,269. Other than Ethiopia it occurs in 50 countries. It is also found in Albania, where 6 percent are found and Romania, where 6 percent are found.

Tufa Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tufa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.02% less than the national average, earning 221,436 kr per year; in United States they earn 21.37% less than the national average, earning $33,928 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.71% more than the national average, earning $57,488 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tufă92329/
Tuffa893,948/
Taufa892,724/
Tuhfa89649/
Toufa89377/
Tufai89211/
Tufah8999/
Teufa8997/
Tuefa8936/
Tufay8934/
Tuifa8922/
Tufaj8911/
Tufau8910/
Tufaa896/
Tufas893/
Tufat892/
Thufa892/
Tufap891/
Tufaha80293/
Toufah80221/
Toufga80205/
Toufas80176/
Touffa8043/
Tuffah8042/
Tufash8022/
Tuffat8018/
Teuffa8016/
Tuffay8011/
Touhfa8011/
Taufah8010/
Tufaid809/
Tuhfah808/
Tuifau808/
Taufoa807/
Thufau807/
Tufaij804/
Tufais804/
Toufai804/
Toufat804/
Taufat804/
Toufaz802/
Teufah802/
Thuhfa801/
Teufai801/
Toufad801/
Toufau801/
Tuifai801/
Tuffad801/
Tuffha801/
Tufaiz801/
Tifa754,120/
Tufo751,362/
Tufi75541/
Tufe7588/
Tufy756/
Tufí752/
Tófa751/
Tuffaha731,651/
Touffah73219/
Tutfaut7316/
Tuffeau7316/
Toufaya7314/
Taufu'a7312/
Touhfat739/
Toufgai735/
Toufaha734/
Toudfat733/
Touffai731/
Tufhaus731/
Thuhfaa731/
Toufait731/
Toufass731/
Taufaus731/
Theuffa731/
Taufaha731/
Taufaid731/
Tufio672,282/
Tuffy67977/
Tufis67592/
Tupha67398/
Toufi67398/
Toofa67380/
Tufui67370/
Tuffahah67368/
Tiffa67256/
Tuffo67187/
Touffait67184/
Thifa67177/
Taufi67153/
Tiefa67148/
Tifah67111/
Tufet67107/
Tufiș6794/
Tufoi6782/
Tufhi6772/
Tuffi6763/
Toufe6758/
Taufe6751/
Tufiş6747/
Tufer6730/
Teufo6727/
Touffaha6726/
Tuffe6716/
Tufip6716/
Tufeu6714/
Tuifo677/
Tufii676/
Tuhfe675/
Taufo675/
Toufy675/
Tufot674/
Tufee674/
Tufei674/
Teufe673/
Toefa673/
Tufej672/
Toufo672/
Tufuo672/
Tifaa672/
Teufi672/
Thufi672/
Tufed671/
Tufeh671/
Tufey671/
Tufid671/
Tufij671/
Tufiz671/
Tufou671/
Tifai671/
Touffeha671/
Toufahha671/
Tufie671/
Tuufe671/
Tifau671/
Tihfa671/
Tufit671/
Tufos671/
Tuffahha671/
Tufão671/
Toudfait671/
Tufes670/

Tufa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tufa in the Oriya language
ତୁଫାtupha-
Tufa in the Hindi language
तुफाtupha54.55
तूफाtupha36.36
टुफाtupha9.09
Tufa in the Russian language
Туфаtufa-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tufa
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