Daffia Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Benin

Daffia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Daffia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Daffia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Daffia has its highest incidence in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Daffia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Daffia is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Daffia live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Daffia is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 75 percent live and Maryland, where 25 percent live. Excluding The United States Daffia occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 38 percent live and Nigeria, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dafia917,581/
Dafiah837/
Deffia833/
Daffea833/
Daffio832/
Dafiaa831/
Daifia831/
Dafija831/
Dattfia771/
Defia73100/
Dafio7344/
Dofia7340/
Dafea734/
Dafaiyat716/
Dhafio6716/
Dofiah678/
Doffio677/
Dahvia676/
Duofia674/
Defiah671/
Daifio671/
Dafiod671/
Dafieo671/
Daviah671/
Doefia671/
Dosfia671/
Dafiho671/

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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 Daffia
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