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
The last name Dafah occurs most in Iraq. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dafah? popularity and diffusion
Dafah is the 2,746,821st most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 54 percent of Dafah live; 52 percent live in West Asia and 42 percent live in Levant. Dafah is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 17 people.
Dafah is most common in Iraq, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 1,667,698. Barring Iraq this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and Cameroon, where 16 percent are found.
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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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