Tesfaye

English

Alternative forms

• Tesfai, Tesfay

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ተስፋዬ (täsfaye).

Proper noun

Tesfaye (plural Tesfayes)

1. A surname from Amharic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tesfaye is the 19075^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1427 individuals. Tesfaye is most common among Black/African American (96.5%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tesfaye”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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