da Fa Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Malaysia

da Fa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

da Fa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

da Fa (280) may also be a first name.

da Fa Last Name Facts

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

The surname da Fa occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name da Fa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of da Fa live; 75 percent live in South America and 75 percent live in Luso-South America. da Fa is also the 530,161st most widely held first name internationally, borne by 280 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Goiás, where 67 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 33 percent live. Other than Brazil this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
da Fass836/
da Faia832/
da Fe801,490/
de Fa8013/
da Fé8012/
de Fay73100/
de Faz7331/
de Faÿ7313/
de Fea733/
de Fau732/
de Foa731/
de Fúa731/
de Fas731/
da Foy731/
de Fays67259/
de Fass678/
de Faut674/
de Faup672/
de Faia672/
da Fouz671/
Der Faz671/
da Feis671/
de Fait671/
de Feau671/
de Fats671/
de Faux671/
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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 da Fa
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