Dafydd Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Dafydd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dafydd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales1971:15,7081,698
England151:3,714,537119,675
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290

Dafydd (3,420) may also be a first name.

Dafydd Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dafydd occurs in Wales more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dafydd? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,115,011th most common last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Dafydd are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in British Isles. Dafydd is also the 121,703rd most frequently used forename on earth. It is borne by 3,420 people.

It is most widely held in Wales, where it is borne by 197 people, or 1 in 15,708. In Wales Dafydd is primarily found in: City and County of Cardiff, where 29 percent are found, Gwynedd, where 22 percent are found and Cardiganshire, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Wales it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 1 percent are found.

Dafydd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dafydd has changed through the years. In Wales the number of people who held the Dafydd last name expanded 19,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Daffyd832/
Dafy8036/
Daffy73741/
Dafid73565/
Dafay73312/
Dayfy7350/
Daify737/
Deafy734/
Dafed734/
Daufy733/
Dafey733/
Dafiy732/
Dafoy732/
Dafys731/
Dafyo731/
Dhafy731/
Dawfy730/
Daffey67243/
Dauffy67151/
Daffay67101/
Dafaya679/
Dahfay675/
Dafidh674/
Dayfuy674/
Dafeed674/
Dawfey673/
Daifed671/
Dafiod671/
Daufey671/

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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 Dafydd
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