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

The surname Tufu occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tufu.

How Common Is The Last Name Tufu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,403,590th most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 51 percent of Tufu live; 44 percent live in Central Africa and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tufu is also the 83,630th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 6,231 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 441,895. In Cameroon Tufu is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 96 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 2 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 16 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside.

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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