Tufe Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Tufe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Tufe (131) may also be a first name.
Tufe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tufe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tufe (Russian: Туфэ) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tufe.
How Common Is The Last Name Tufe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,994,173rd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Tufe live; 34 percent live in Oceania Islands and 34 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tufe is also the 811,108th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 131 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea Tufe is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tufe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tufe in the Russian language | ||
| Туфэ | tufe | - |
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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 Tufe
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