Tufon Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tufon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tufon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Tufon (74) may also be a first name.

Tufon Last Name Facts

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

Tufon is most common in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tufon? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,206,983rd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. Tufon occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Tufon are found; 55 percent are found in Central Africa and 55 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tufon is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 74 people.

It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon Tufon is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 75 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 17 percent reside and West Region, where 8 percent reside. Beside Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Malaysia, where 18 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tufoin911,172/
Tufong9120/
Tufoon918/
Toufon914/
Tuffon911/
Taufond8319/
Tufoing831/
Toufoun831/
Toufong831/
Toufoin831/
Tufan8025,423/
Tifon8017/
Tufão801/
Tufom801/
Tufonova7717/
Toufoune771/
Taufan735,704/
Toufan735,044/
Tiffon73321/
Tufanc7368/
Tuğfan7354/
Tihfon7322/
Tifoin7317/
Tuffan739/
Tifoon736/
Thufan734/
Tufang733/
Tufaan731/
Tufune731/
Tufhan731/
Tufand731/
Toofon731/
Tuufan731/
Tufane731/
Touffoune711/
Tiffoin6736/
Thaufan6732/
Teufang6721/
Taufand6718/
Thoufan678/
Tiffoun675/
Toufeun674/
Tauffan672/
Taufhan672/
Touffan671/
Toufand671/
Thiffon671/
Tuphong671/
Tuffane671/
Toufane671/
Thuphon671/
Taufant670/

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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 Tufon
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