Dafdar Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Algeria

Dafdar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Dafdar 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
India641:11,985,397216,293
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Dafdar (18) may also be a first name.

Dafdar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dafdar (Hindi: दफदर) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dafdar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,237,939th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Dafdar are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 89 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Dafdar is also the 2,608,198th most numerous forename internationally It is held by 18 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 11,985,397. In India Dafdar is primarily concentrated in: West Bengal, where 95 percent live, Delhi, where 2 percent live and Uttarkhand, where 2 percent live. Beside India this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 6 percent live and Pakistan, where 4 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
Daffdar922/
Dahafdar861/
Defdar83134/
Dofdar83107/
Dawdar837/
Dabdar833/
Davdhar774/
Deawdare711/
Dewdar67345/
Dowdar671/
Daivdhart671/
Dehvdar6246/
Dabdour6211/
Dewdhar621/
Dawdour621/
Dowdard621/
Dhevdhar571/
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Dafdar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dafdar in the Hindi language
दफदरdaphadara66.67
दफदारdaphadara33.33

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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 Dafdar
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