Dhafer Surname
Approximately 1,382 people bear this surname
Dhafer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 636 | 1:48,515 | 7,156 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Lebanon | 91 | 1:61,946 | 4,688 |
| Yemen | 31 | 1:852,429 | 11,310 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Tunisia | 17 | 1:35,919 | 5,218 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Dhafer (10,996) may also be a first name.
Dhafer Demographics
Dhafer Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Dhafer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhafer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dhafer is more frequently found in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhafer? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dhafer is the 279,656th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,273,188 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 58 percent of Dhafer are found; 57 percent are found in West Asia and 49 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 57,486th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 10,996 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 636 people, or 1 in 48,515. Aside from Saudi Arabia it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 25 percent live and Egypt, where 15 percent live.
Dhafer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Dhafer surname is primarily Sunni (98%) in Lebanon.
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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 Dhafer
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