Tyofa Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Tyofa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 182 | 1:973,312 | 41,407 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Tyofa (238) may also be a first name.
Tyofa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tyofa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tyofa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tyofa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tyofa is the 1,257,535th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tyofa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tyofa is also the 580,229th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 238 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 973,312. In Nigeria Tyofa is most common in: Benue, where 90 percent are found, Taraba, where 9 percent are found and Adamawa, where 1 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyoafa | 91 | 15 | / |
| Tyoofa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ttyofa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tyfa | 89 | 130 | / |
| Tayfa | 80 | 1,731 | / |
| Thyfa | 80 | 171 | / |
| Tyafa | 80 | 107 | / |
| Toifa | 80 | 26 | / |
| Tyofi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tiofa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tyffa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Teyfa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Toifah | 73 | 576 | / |
| Toifai | 73 | 40 | / |
| Thoifa | 73 | 13 | / |
| Tayfha | 73 | 12 | / |
| Tiofah | 73 | 10 | / |
| Tayfah | 73 | 7 | / |
| Tjhofa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Tioffa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tihofa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tyopha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thiofa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tahyfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tefa | 67 | 19,129 | / |
| Tifa | 67 | 4,120 | / |
| Thoifah | 67 | 216 | / |
| Týfa | 67 | 102 | / |
| Tjfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teoifai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tyfault | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tyofa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis