Dafani Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Dafani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dafani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran181:4,265,696111,937
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
India61:127,844,230863,365
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Dafani (105) may also be a first name.

Dafani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dafani (Marathi: डफनी) is found most frequently in Iran. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dafani? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dafani is the 2,635,433rd most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Dafani live; 44 percent live in South Asia and 41 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 920,134th most common forename at a global level, borne by 105 people.

Dafani is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 4,265,696. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 61 percent reside, Lorestan Province, where 33 percent reside and Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Iran this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deafani9210/
Dhafani929/
Daifani921/
Dafanis921/
Dasfhani861/
Dafana83157/
Dafane83147/
Dofani831/
Dafany830/
Dhafana7759/
Dayfane7745/
Doufani7729/
Daifany7715/
Daafane779/
Daffany773/
Dafaane773/
Dhafane772/
Daffane771/
Dafaney771/
Tdafana771/
Dafanna771/
Daifane771/
Dheafana7111/
Dhaffane719/
Daphanie714/
Daffaney710/
Dofane678/
Dauphanis675/
Daphanith674/
Dofana672/
Dofany671/
Dafounois671/
Dasfanney671/
Dofoni671/
Dafone670/

Dafani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dafani in the Marathi language
डफनीdaphani75
डाफनीdaphani25

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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 Dafani
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