Dafran Surname

793,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Dafran Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dafran Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast3491:66,1073,784
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Dafran (192) may also be a first name.

Dafran Last Name Facts

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

Dafran is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Dafran click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dafran? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 793,288th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Dafran live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dafran is also the 655,603rd most frequent first name globally, held by 192 people.

This surname is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 349 people, or 1 in 66,107. In The Ivory Coast Dafran is primarily found in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 88 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 11 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 1 percent are found. Excluding The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 1 percent are found and Iran, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Daffran9224/
Dafrane921/
Dhaffran861/
Daufrane861/
Defran83168/
Dafron836/
Dofran831/
Daffron771,752/
Defrain771,133/
Defrahn7717/
Defrayn7710/
Dofrane774/
Daifron773/
Dofrank771/
Daphran771/
Dofrain771/
Doffran770/
Doufrain7138/
Defrahan716/
Doffrand711/
Dauphrane675/
Dafrom671/
Defron671/
Dauphragne634/
Defreyn62445/
Defrein62345/
Deffron621/
Daffrom621/
Doffron621/
Dephran620/
Deffrein571/
Defreijn571/
Deffreyn571/

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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 Dafran
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