Dafis Surname

842,714th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 326 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Wales

Dafis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dafis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria1451:133,1103,615
Wales451:68,7676,014
Indonesia391:3,391,005183,158
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
United States171:21,321,114641,998
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
England111:5,065,278148,650
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607

Dafis (198) may also be a first name.

Dafis Last Name Facts

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

Dafis (Hindi: दफीस, Marathi: दाफीस) occurs more in Syria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dafis? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 842,714th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 22,354,435 people. Dafis occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Dafis live; 58 percent live in West Asia and 52 percent live in Levant. It is also the 644,447th most numerous first name globally, borne by 198 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Syria, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 133,110. In Syria it is mostly concentrated in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent live. Not including Syria it is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 14 percent live and Indonesia, where 12 percent live.

Dafis Last Name Statistics demography

Dafis earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.55% less than the national average, earning $35,578 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Dafi893,237/
Daifish832/
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Daffi805,409/
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Dafip8018/
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Defois73922/
Defeis73281/
Daffix73250/
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Defais73202/
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Dafesh7383/
Daiffi7383/
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Dafese7356/
Daffie7342/
Dauffi7327/
Dafich7318/
Dhafio7316/
Defies7313/
Daffai7312/
Dhaifi739/
Doffis737/
Dausfi737/
Dhafai736/
Davfes735/
Daffit735/
Dofise734/
Dafidh734/
Daffio732/
Dayfih731/
Daifio731/
Doufis731/
Dafieh731/
Daffoi731/
Daphis731/
Dafaix731/
Daffes731/
Daffih731/
Daffui731/
Dafaai731/
Daifei731/
Dafa676,430/
Dafe675,014/
Dofi67335/
Dafé6779/
Deffois6764/
Deaffie6739/
Dafy6736/
Deffeis6716/
Daffitt671/
Dhahafi671/
Doufish671/
Dafj671/
Daphise671/

Dafis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dafis in the Hindi language
दफीसdaphisa-
Dafis in the Marathi language
दाफीसdaphisa-

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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 Dafis
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