Danfari Surname

579,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 542 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Danfari Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Danfari Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5171:342,63618,587
Niger231:834,43619,133
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Danfari (218) may also be a first name.

Danfari Last Name Facts

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

Danfari occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Danfari? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 579,404th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,445,657 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Danfari reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 611,412th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 218 people.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 517 people, or 1 in 342,636. In Nigeria Danfari is primarily found in: Sokoto, where 26 percent are found, Kaduna, where 22 percent are found and Zamfara, where 20 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 4 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Donfari8633/
Danfara868/
Danferi866/
Danfare863/
Damfari861/
Donfarie801/
Danfora7133/
Danfore715/
Damfare712/
Danfere710/
Danfoura6718/
Danfoure671/
Donfory571/

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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 Danfari
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