Dhafa Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Dhafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 117 | 1:333,669 | 22,303 |
| Tanzania | 76 | 1:696,600 | 40,185 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dhafa (21) may also be a first name.
Dhafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dhafa is found most in Uganda. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Dhafa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhafa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,111,382nd most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 33,276,465 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Dhafa are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 21 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 333,669. In Uganda Dhafa is most common in: Namutumba District, where 30 percent live, Kamuli District, where 17 percent live and Mayuge District, where 16 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 35 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 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 Dhafa
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