Tufule Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Tufule Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tufule Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Tufule (15) may also be a first name.

Tufule Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tufule is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tufule? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,876,555th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tufule live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 15 people.

The last name Tufule is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria Tufule is mostly concentrated in: Bauchi, where 83 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 13 percent are found and Adamawa, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 46 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tufuile9268/
Tufuley921/
Tuful9110/
Toufoule861/
Tufaul8318/
Tufile834/
Tufful831/
Tufula831/
Tufuil831/
Tauful831/
Teuful831/
Tuufuli7794/
Tufuila7768/
Tuffile7726/
Toufoul776/
Thufile772/
Tuufula771/
Toufaul771/
Tuffull770/
Tuffuld770/
Tufol733/
Tifile672/
Toufoulla671/
Tófful671/
Tufili671/
Tufolai6212/
Tuphile6212/
Tuphaul621/
Touphula571/
Tófoli5033/
Tifily5014/
Tifili5011/

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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 Tufule
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