Tufu Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Tufu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tufu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon471:441,89537,035
Indonesia251:5,289,968246,176
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
American Samoa171:3,280753
Solomon Islands101:58,00311,702
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Tufu (6,231) may also be a first name.

Tufu Last Name Facts

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

Tufu is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tufu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,403,590th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Tufu are found; 44 percent are found in Central Africa and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tufu is also the 83,630th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 6,231 people.

The surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 441,895. In Cameroon Tufu is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 96 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 2 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 2 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 16 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found.

Tufu Last Name Statistics demography

Tufu earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tufui89370/
Tufeu8914/
Tufuh8913/
Tufau8910/
Tuffu898/
Toufu893/
Taufu892/
Tuufu892/
Tuefu891/
Tudfu891/
Tupfu891/
Tufou891/
Tuffou80148/
Toufeu8065/
Taufui8037/
Tuufui8032/
Toufou8027/
Tuffeu809/
Touffu808/
Tuifau808/
Thufau807/
Teufou802/
Taufou802/
Taufeu802/
Teufeu801/
Toufau801/
Taufuí801/
Tufous801/
Toufus801/
Tifu751,049/
Tutfaut7316/
Taufu'a7312/
Touffeu7312/
Touffut734/
Touffou732/
Taufaus731/
Toufous731/
Tufhaus731/
Tuffouh731/
Tifuh672,169/
Tifui67684/
Thifu67132/
Tiffu676/
Tihfu674/
Tipfu674/
Tiefu672/
Tufão671/
Toufouss671/
Toofu671/

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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 Tufu
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