Dafuleni Surname

963,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Dafuleni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dafuleni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2611:65,5908,693
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476

Dafuleni (15) may also be a first name.

Dafuleni Last Name Facts

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

Dafuleni has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dafuleni.

How Common Is The Last Name Dafuleni? popularity and diffusion

It is the 963,821st most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,990,911 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dafuleni live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Dafuleni is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 15 people.

It is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Other than Malawi it is found in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.

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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 Dafuleni
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