Dafinger Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dafinger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dafinger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1051:766,71957,066
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Dafinger Last Name Facts

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

Dafinger is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dafinger? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,736,881st most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Dafinger live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 766,719. In Germany it is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 91 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 8 percent are found and Berlin, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Germany Dafinger exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Daffinger9434/
Dayfinger941/
Definger883/
Daffinge881/
Daffiner881/
Döffinger82387/
Deffinger82131/
Doffinger8239/
Doefinger822/
Daffenger820/
Dafince8013/
Dafinga802/
Dafener800/
Doeffinger7887/
Daffyner752/
Doffiner752/
Daffener751/
Dafinshi634/
Daphener631/
Dafinshy631/
Dephenger590/
Dafnshi53244/
Dafnsha53122/
Dafenci532/
Dafenshy504/

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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 Dafinger
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