Dafuwa Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Dafuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Dafuwa (32) may also be a first name.
Dafuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dafuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dafuwa is found most in Nigeria. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Dafuwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dafuwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,106,139th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dafuwa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dafuwa is also the 1,840,253rd most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 32 people.
The last name Dafuwa is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bauchi, where 65 percent live, Kano, where 29 percent live and Yobe, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Liberia, where 1 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 Dafuwa
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