Dafay Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Dafay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 302 | 1:175,303 | 15,310 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dafay (13) may also be a first name.
Dafay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dafay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dafay is most common in Tanzania. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dafay.
How Common Is The Last Name Dafay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 868,551st most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dafay live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 13 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 175,303. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Manyara Region, where 78 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 22 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 0 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 2 percent reside and France, where 0 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 Dafay
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