Dafa Surname
Approximately 6,430 people bear this surname
Dafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 3,640 | 1:10,305 | 1,452 |
| Tanzania | 913 | 1:57,986 | 6,282 |
| Somalia | 294 | 1:45,755 | 2,122 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Albania | 212 | 1:13,746 | 2,487 |
| Nigeria | 199 | 1:890,165 | 38,757 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Mauritania | 152 | 1:26,940 | 2,275 |
| Indonesia | 138 | 1:958,327 | 70,806 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Iran | 82 | 1:936,372 | 44,282 |
| Russia | 37 | 1:3,895,218 | 191,585 |
| Zimbabwe | 32 | 1:482,445 | 40,356 |
| Greece | 30 | 1:369,326 | 50,921 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Dafa (7,891) may also be a first name.
Dafa Demographics
Average Dafa Salary in
United States
$28,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dafa (Arabic: ضعفا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻓﺎ, Oriya: ଦଫା, Russian: Дафа) occurs most in Sudan. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Dafa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dafa? popularity and diffusion
Dafa is the 76,242nd most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,133,366 people. The surname Dafa is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Dafa reside; 64 percent reside in North Africa and 61 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 71,745th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 7,891 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Sudan, where it is borne by 3,640 people, or 1 in 10,305. Beside Sudan this surname exists in 53 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 14 percent are found and Somalia, where 5 percent are found.
Dafa Last Name Statistics demography
Dafa earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.08% less than the national average, earning $28,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dafa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦଫା | dapha | - |
| Dafa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺍﻓﺎ | dafa | 73.81 |
| ﺩﻓﺎ | dfa | 11.9 |
| ﺩﺍﻓﻪ | dafh | 11.9 |
| ﺩﻓﻊ | df | 2.38 |
| Dafa in the Russian language | ||
| Дафа | dafa | - |
| Dafa in the Arabic language | ||
| ضعفا | dfa | - |
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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
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- 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 Dafa
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