Dafda Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Dafda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dafda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2651:2,894,58687,884
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Dafda Last Name Facts

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

Dafda (Marathi: दफ़्द) has its highest incidence in India. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dafda? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dafda is the 924,083rd most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,480,930 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Dafda reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Dafda is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 2,894,586. In India Dafda is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 63 percent are found, Gujarat, where 23 percent are found and Daman and Diu, where 5 percent are found. Besides India this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent are found and Pakistan, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Daufda913/
Dadfda911/
Dafdha911/
Dasfdas833/
Davda804,710/
Dawda803,921/
Dabda80339/
Dafde8058/
Dafdi803/
Dofda801/
Dafdo801/
Davdai7355/
Dauwda7314/
Davdas736/
Dafder734/
Dawdai732/
Dawdas732/
Dawdah732/
Davday732/
Dawday731/
Davdha731/
Dauvda731/
Daphda731/
Dabdah731/
Dawhdah675/
Davdath672/
Daivdat671/

Dafda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dafda in the Marathi language
दफ़्दdafda-

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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 Dafda
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