Daff Surname

67,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Senegal
Highest density in:
Senegal

Daff Surname Definition:

(English) Mild, Meek, Foolish Person [Middle English daf(fe; cp. Old English ge)défe, gentle, meek] 'Thow doted daffe,' quod she, 'Dulle are thi wittes.’—Piers Plowman, 737-8.

And when this jape is tald another day, I sal been halde a daf, a cokenay.

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Daff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Senegal2,5881:5,633279
Mali2,1941:7,734449
Mauritania6401:6,398736
Australia5961:45,2955,683
Guinea4611:25,670493
United States2621:1,383,43195,756
England2281:244,37719,942
France1311:507,04470,604
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Burkina Faso251:734,0848,477
Congo201:249,4558,571
India151:51,137,692512,385
Ivory Coast141:1,647,94532,915
Ukraine111:4,138,427206,719
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Wales61:515,75523,171
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1151:211,96016,503
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Daff (169) may also be a first name.

Daff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Mild, Meek, Foolish Person [Middle English daf(fe; cp. Old English ge)défe, gentle, meek] 'Thow doted daffe,' quod she, 'Dulle are thi wittes.’—Piers Plowman, 737-8.

And when this jape is tald another day, I sal been halde a daf, a cokenay.— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 4207-8.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Daff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Daff (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻑ) is held by more people in Senegal than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Daff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 67,988th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 997,065 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Daff reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Daff is also the 703,581st most common first name globally It is held by 169 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Senegal, where it is borne by 2,588 people, or 1 in 5,633. In Senegal Daff is mostly concentrated in: Matam Region, where 63 percent live, Dakar Region, where 15 percent live and Saint Louis Region, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Senegal this surname is found in 54 countries. It is also common in Mali, where 30 percent live and Mauritania, where 9 percent live.

Daff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Daff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Daff last name increased 1,092 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 198 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Daff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland and Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Daff last name are 0.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.33% registered with the political party.

The amount Daff earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.16% more than the national average, earning R 382,980 per year and in United States they earn 14.39% less than the national average, earning $36,938 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Daffe8918,923/
Dafft8978/
D'Aff893/
Daiff892/
Dauff890/
Daffs890/
Deaff890/
Daf865,352/
Dhaffe803/
Ddaaff801/
Daiffe801/
Daif7521,392/
Dafe755,014/
Dasf751,818/
Daft751,311/
Doff75782/
Dayf75519/
Daïf75277/
Dafh75222/
Daaf7590/
Dauf7566/
Deaf7521/
Dhaf7519/
Hdaf757/
Dawf754/
Dahf752/
Dadf751/
Dafz751/
Dafs751/
Davf751/
Dgaf751/
Datf751/
Dhaif672,141/
Daaif671,176/
Daife67349/
Dhafe67298/
Daayf67212/
Doffe67190/
Deuff67149/
Dopff6731/
Douff6719/
Dafsh6717/
Daafe6711/
Dahaf679/
Duoff676/
Dhafh674/
Daufs674/
Dhaft672/
Tdafe672/
D'Aft672/
Dafhe672/
Dawfe671/
Dgoff671/
Daufe671/
Deafe671/
Dasfe671/
Dadfe671/
D'Auf671/
Hdajf671/
Dhoff671/
Deaft670/
Deahf670/
Doffs670/

Daff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Daff in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺩﺍﻑdaf82.99
ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻑaldaf11.56
ﺩﻑdf3.4
ﺍﻟﺪﻑaldf1.36
ﺍﺩﺍﻑadaf0.68

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