Dafee Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Dafee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 32 | 1:2,399,454 | 79,639 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Dafee (21) may also be a first name.
Dafee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dafee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dafee (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻓﻊ) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Dafee click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dafee? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dafee is the 3,185,033rd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Dafee occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Dafee live; 87 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 21 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Iran, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 2,399,454. In Iran Dafee is most common in: Gilan Province, where 75 percent live, Mazandaran Province, where 19 percent live and Khuzestan Province, where 3 percent live. Outside of Iran this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 11 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dafee Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dafee in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺍﻓﻊ | daf | - |
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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 Dafee
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