Dafia Surname
Approximately 7,581 people bear this surname
Dafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 7,195 | 1:1,436 | 182 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Dafia (2,312) may also be a first name.
Dafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dafia (Hindi: दाफिअ) is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dafia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 65,824th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 961,291 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dafia are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dafia is also the 154,885th most frequently used forename in the world, borne by 2,312 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 7,195 people, or 1 in 1,436. In Benin Dafia is most common in: Borgou Department, where 52 percent are found, Alibori Department, where 34 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Benin it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 4 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daffia | 91 | 8 | / |
| Dafiah | 91 | 7 | / |
| Dafiaa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Daifia | 91 | 1 | / |
| Dafija | 91 | 1 | / |
| Dattfia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Defia | 80 | 100 | / |
| Dafio | 80 | 44 | / |
| Dofia | 80 | 40 | / |
| Dafea | 80 | 4 | / |
| Dafaiyat | 77 | 6 | / |
| Dhafio | 73 | 16 | / |
| Dofiah | 73 | 8 | / |
| Dahvia | 73 | 6 | / |
| Duofia | 73 | 4 | / |
| Deffia | 73 | 3 | / |
| Daffea | 73 | 3 | / |
| Daffio | 73 | 2 | / |
| Dafieo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Defiah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Daifio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dafiod | 73 | 1 | / |
| Daviah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Doefia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dosfia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dafiho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dafeeah | 67 | 10 | / |
| Dhofiah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Dauphia | 67 | 3 | / |
Dafia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dafia in the Hindi language | ||
| दाफिअ | daphi'a | - |
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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 Dafia
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