Dafas Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Dafas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 68 | 1:515,024 | 8,412 |
| Greece | 20 | 1:553,990 | 69,165 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Dafas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dafas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dafas (Marathi: डफास) is more commonly found in Iraq than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dafas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,691,963rd most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Dafas live; 61 percent live in West Asia and 59 percent live in Levant.
This last name is most frequently used in Iraq, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 515,024. Outside of Iraq it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dafas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dafas in the Marathi language | ||
| डफास | daphasa | - |
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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 Dafas
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