Dafao Surname

757,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 378 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Dafao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dafao Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan3661:488,0988,498
Iran111:6,980,229145,986
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Dafao (84) may also be a first name.

Dafao Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dafao is found most in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dafao.

How Common Is The Last Name Dafao? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dafao is the 757,040th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 19,279,222 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Dafao live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,046,220th most commonly occurring given name in the world, held by 84 people.

The last name is most common in Pakistan, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 488,098. In Pakistan it is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 100 percent live. Aside from Pakistan this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 3 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dafaou919/
Daifaou831/
Defao80234/
Defeao731/
Dafoua731/
Dauvaho673/
Dafaiyat626/
Defouo551/
Dephao551/
Doffouo507/
Dowphao501/
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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 Dafao
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