Dafidi Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Dafidi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
Dafidi (39) may also be a first name.
Dafidi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dafidi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dafidi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dafidi? popularity and diffusion
Dafidi is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dafidi reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dafidi is also the 1,637,361st most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 39 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Osun, where 35 percent live, Lagos, where 24 percent live and Ogun, where 24 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 43 percent live.
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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 Dafidi
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