Tuhafeni Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Tuhafeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuhafeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia3261:7,3911,443
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Tuhafeni (4,368) may also be a first name.

Tuhafeni Last Name Facts

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

Tuhafeni occurs most in Namibia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuhafeni? popularity and diffusion

Tuhafeni is the 833,931st most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tuhafeni are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 104,470th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 4,368 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is carried by 326 people, or 1 in 7,391. In Namibia Tuhafeni is mostly concentrated in: Khomas Region, where 25 percent are found, Ohangwena Region, where 24 percent are found and Omusati Region, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Namibia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Angola, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tahafeni881/
Dahafni6737/
Tohafan671/
Tohafin671/
Tahifen671/
Dahafen670/
Duhaven670/

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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 Tuhafeni
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