Tifo Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tifo Surname Definition:

Tifo is a surname of the Subiya tribe, meaning: a child who arrives as a payment.

Tifo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Cameroon271:769,22554,005
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Niger71:2,741,71749,802
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Somaliland11:3,500,1821,592
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Tifo (112) may also be a first name.

Tifo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Tifo is a surname of the Subiya tribe, meaning: a child who arrives as a payment.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Tifo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tifo (Hindi: तीफो, Russian: Тифо) is found most in Egypt. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tifo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,070,546th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. The last name Tifo occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Tifo reside; 53 percent reside in North Africa and 53 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Tifo is also the 885,979th most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 112 people.

Tifo is most frequent in Egypt, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Beside Egypt it exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 12 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found.

Tifo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tifo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 29.31% less than the national average, earning R 167,976 per year and in Colombia they earn 45.84% more than the national average, earning $33,109,400 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taifo89247/
Tifoi89105/
Tiffo8969/
Tifos8924/
Tiofo8922/
Teifo8916/
Tuifo897/
Tifou896/
Tifoy894/
Toifo892/
Dtifo892/
Tiefo891/
Tifoh891/
Thifo891/
Tiffou8077/
Taifoi8068/
Tioffo808/
Tiffot805/
Tifous805/
Taifou804/
Thiffo803/
Tiefou802/
Titfoo801/
Tuifoi801/
Tieffo801/
Thifou801/
Teiffo801/
Tifa754,120/
Tefo753,957/
Tufo751,362/
Tifá751/
Taiffou734/
Teffo677,722/
Taifa672,016/
Tifas67328/
Tiffa67256/
Tivfa67202/
Tuffo67187/
Thifa67177/
Tiefa67148/
Tifah67111/
Tufoi6782/
Teifa6764/
Tefou6761/
Tizfa6729/
Teufo6727/
Toifa6726/
Tuifa6722/
Thefo6722/
Tayfo6717/
Tyfoi6713/
Tifat676/
Tefos675/
Tepfo674/
Tefho674/
Tiofa673/
Tivoh673/
Tufuo672/
Théfo672/
Tifaa672/
Teefo672/
Tefoi671/
Tifau671/
Tyfuo671/
Tesfo671/
Tefoa671/
Tefoh671/
Tihfa671/
Tifaz671/
Tipho670/

Tifo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tifo in the Hindi language
तीफोtipho-
Tifo in the Russian language
Тифоtifo-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tifo
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