Dafom Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Dafom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 455 | 1:389,325 | 20,549 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Dafom (435) may also be a first name.
Dafom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dafom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dafom is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dafom? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 659,458th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dafom reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dafom is also the 411,176th most commonly used given name throughout the world It is held by 435 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 455 people, or 1 in 389,325. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Plateau, where 91 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daffom | 91 | 14 | / |
| Dafoem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Dawfom | 91 | 1 | / |
| Dafam | 80 | 123 | / |
| Dafon | 80 | 108 | / |
| Dafum | 80 | 37 | / |
| Daffon | 73 | 1,282 | / |
| Dafong | 73 | 94 | / |
| Dafond | 73 | 81 | / |
| Deafon | 73 | 37 | / |
| Dafoun | 73 | 33 | / |
| Daifum | 73 | 14 | / |
| Daifon | 73 | 12 | / |
| Dafoon | 73 | 11 | / |
| Dawfon | 73 | 6 | / |
| Dofoum | 73 | 4 | / |
| Dafont | 73 | 2 | / |
| Dafham | 73 | 1 | / |
| Daufon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Defoum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dafone | 73 | 0 | / |
| Daffong | 67 | 28 | / |
| Daffond | 67 | 19 | / |
| Dafoune | 67 | 18 | / |
| Dashfam | 67 | 8 | / |
| Daffoun | 67 | 5 | / |
| Douffom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daffont | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dafffon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daffoon | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dafom
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