Dafi Surname
Approximately 3,237 people bear this surname
Dafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,582 | 1:33,465 | 3,926 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| Iraq | 304 | 1:115,203 | 3,308 |
| Zimbabwe | 221 | 1:69,856 | 10,407 |
| Indonesia | 104 | 1:1,271,627 | 88,950 |
| Nigeria | 85 | 1:2,084,032 | 72,421 |
| Papua New Guinea | 73 | 1:111,695 | 15,161 |
| Algeria | 70 | 1:551,879 | 38,284 |
| Iran | 50 | 1:1,535,650 | 60,563 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Greece | 35 | 1:316,565 | 45,415 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Dafi (1,964) may also be a first name.
Dafi Demographics
Average Dafi Salary in
United States
$33,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dafi (Hindi: दफी, Russian: Дафи) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dafi.
How Common Is The Last Name Dafi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 138,254th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,251,327 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Dafi are found; 49 percent are found in East Africa and 49 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 170,987th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 1,964 people.
It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,582 people, or 1 in 33,465. In Tanzania Dafi is most prevalent in: Manyara Region, where 54 percent reside, Singida Region, where 31 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 48 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 16 percent reside and Iraq, where 9 percent reside.
Dafi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Melkite Greek Catholic (50%) in Lebanon.
The amount Dafi earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 69.14% less than the national average, earning R 73,344 per year and in United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dafi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dafi in the Hindi language | ||
| दफी | daphi | 75 |
| मफी | maphi | 25 |
| Dafi in the Russian language | ||
| Дафи | dafi | - |
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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 Dafi
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