Dafnäs Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Dafnäs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dafnäs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Dafnäs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dafnäs occurs more in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dafnäs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,957,383rd most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Dafnäs reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 96 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most numerous in Sweden, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 428,120. In Sweden Dafnäs is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 61 percent live, Kronoberg County, where 22 percent live and Uppsala County, where 13 percent live. Besides Sweden Dafnäs occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 4 percent live and Germany, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dafnis83987/
Döfnäs8319/
Dafhnis778/
Dafnios771/
Dafni73581/
Dafna73189/
Dafne7353/
Dafny7327/
Dafner67174/
Dafney67130/
Dafnai6710/
Dafneh675/
Dahfni671/
Daffni671/
Dafnay671/
Dofnis671/
Daifne671/
Dafnet671/

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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 Dafnäs
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