Tufor Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tufor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tufor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia101:440,85421,753
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Tufor (11) may also be a first name.

Tufor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tufor is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tufor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tufor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tufor is the 4,649,889th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Tufor is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tufor are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 11 people.

The last name Tufor is most numerous in Liberia, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Lofa County, where 100 percent reside. Barring Liberia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 39 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tufuor912,337/
Tufour9124/
Taufor913/
Tuffor913/
Toufor911/
Tuford911/
Tuffour8311,757/
Tuffuor831,014/
Tufford83812/
Taufour83194/
Tuyford8313/
Toufour834/
Tuiford831/
Teufort831/
Tufordd831/
Tutford830/
Thuford830/
Tufar80288/
Tifor80120/
Tufur8079/
Touffour771/
Toufar73530/
Taufar7316/
Tufare7311/
Tufgar737/
Taufur735/
Tuffar732/
Tifoor732/
Tufure731/
Tuphor731/
Tufarh731/
Tupfar730/
Tiefour671/
Tufaure671/
Toufare671/
Tuffard670/

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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 Tufor
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