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

Dafdar (Hindi: दफदर) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Dafdar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dafdar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,237,939th most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname Dafdar is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Dafdar live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Dafdar is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 18 people.

This last name is most common in India, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 11,985,397. In India it is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 95 percent reside, Delhi, where 2 percent reside and Uttarkhand, where 2 percent reside. Apart from India Dafdar exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 6 percent reside and Pakistan, where 4 percent reside.

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
  • 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 Dafdar
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