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
The surname Tufe (Russian: Туфэ) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tufe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,994,173rd most common surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Tufe are found; 34 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 34 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Tufe is also the 811,108th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 131 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 25 percent reside and Cameroon, where 22 percent reside.
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
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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 Tufe
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