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 carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dafee? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dafee is the 3,185,033rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. Dafee occurs predominantly 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 widespread first name at a global level, borne by 21 people.
The last name is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 2,399,454. In Iran it is most frequent 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 is found in 3 countries. It is also found 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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