Dafada Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

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

Dafada Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dafada Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India481:15,980,529256,885
Niger141:1,370,85828,349
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Dafada (32) may also be a first name.

Dafada Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dafada (Hindi: दफादा, Marathi: डफडा) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Dafada click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dafada? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,185,341st most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Dafada occurs predominantly in Asia, where 65 percent of Dafada live; 64 percent live in South Asia and 64 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Dafada is also the 1,840,253rd most common first name internationally. It is borne by 32 people.

This surname is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 15,980,529. In India Dafada is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 65 percent are found, Gujarat, where 19 percent are found and West Bengal, where 6 percent are found. Barring India this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 19 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Daffada9293/
Dafadap921/
Dafade831,527/
Dafadi834/
Defada831/
Dafeda831/
Dofada831/
Dafader771,676/
Davadah77108/
Daphada7766/
Dafhade775/
Daffadà772/
Daffade771/
Daufadi771/
Dhafade771/
Daffady770/
Daphadas7132/
Daphadai7129/
Dhafader7129/
Daphadah7119/
Daphadad7116/
Daphadau7110/
Daphadaj719/
Daffader718/
Daphadap716/
Dafadder713/
Deafader711/
Dadfader711/
Doifadai711/
Daphadais6746/
Daphadaai6712/
Daphadaid6710/
Daphadaip674/
Dafode671/
Dafodi671/
Daphadait671/

Dafada Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dafada in the Hindi language
दफादाdaphada-
Dafada in the Marathi language
डफडाdaphada70.83
डाफडाdaphada16.67
दाफाडाdaphada8.33
दफाडाdaphada4.17

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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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  • 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 Dafada
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