Tzafa Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Tzafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tzafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece291:382,06251,720
France91:7,380,302306,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tzafa (114) may also be a first name.

Tzafa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tzafa has its highest incidence in Greece. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tzafa.

How Common Is The Last Name Tzafa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tzafa is the 3,141,416th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Tzafa live; 74 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 74 percent live in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 877,214th most common given name worldwide. It is borne by 114 people.

This surname is most frequent in Greece, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 382,062. In Greece it is primarily concentrated in: Attica, where 90 percent reside, Epirus, where 3 percent reside and Thessaly, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Greece this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tzafah9118/
Tzafea914/
Tzaffa911/
Tzafai911/
Zafa89943/
Tsafa80536/
Zaafa80310/
Zaffa80114/
Zaifa80114/
Dzafa8021/
Zayfa8018/
Zahfa8013/
Zafaa808/
Zafai805/
Zhafa803/
Zafay802/
Zafau801/
Zafah801/
Tsafas73233/
Tchafa7390/
Tzoufa7341/
Tzafou7341/
Zaifah7336/
Tshafa7319/
Tsiafa7317/
Zahufa738/
Tsayfa738/
Tsafah737/
Dzhafa737/
Zahafa735/
Zafahu735/
Tsapfa732/
Zaufah731/
Zafaay731/
Zafaai731/
Zaafay731/
Zhayfa731/
Tcaifa731/
Zaifau731/
Zhafai731/
Zaffah731/
Cafa67879/
Tchaffa67304/
Zofa6797/
Çafa6742/
Tchaifa6716/
Zafo677/
Tchaïfa672/
Zhaifah672/
Tzoufaa671/
Tchaufa671/
Tchafga671/

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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 Tzafa
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