Dafah Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Dafah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Dafah (17) may also be a first name.
Dafah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dafah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dafah is found most in Iraq. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dafah.
How Common Is The Last Name Dafah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,746,821st most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 54 percent of Dafah live; 52 percent live in West Asia and 42 percent live in Levant. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 17 people.
Dafah is most frequently held in Iraq, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 1,667,698. Aside from Iraq this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent reside and Cameroon, where 16 percent reside.
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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 Dafah
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