Degafie Surname

295,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,291 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Degafie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Degafie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Degafie (36) may also be a first name.

Degafie Last Name Facts

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

The surname Degafie is most common in Ethiopia. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Degafie? popularity and diffusion

It is the 295,398th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 5,644,885 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Degafie reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 36 people.

The last name is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Outside of Ethiopia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Degafe922,905/
Degefie861,936/
Digafie861,449/
Deghafi861/
Degaffe861/
Degaiffier824/
Degaffet8014/
Digaffie801/
Degefe7712,924/
Digafe775,327/
Degafa7752/
Degofe7743/
Digafi771/
Dogafi771/
Degefi771/
Dagafe771/
Degoffe7119/
Degeffe716/
Digaffe714/
Degofai712/
Deugofe711/
Degofer711/
Digafish671/
Digadfji671/
Degouffe671/
Degofa6226/
Dagefe621/
Degoufa571/
Degoffau535/
Digoffio532/

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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 Degafie
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