Difang Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Difang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Difang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon491:423,85935,946
China21:683,660,78330,601
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Difang (7,781) may also be a first name.

Difang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Difang is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Difang? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,661,929th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Difang reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 72,427th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 7,781 people.

The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 423,859. In Cameroon it is most common in: Southwest Region, where 78 percent reside, Centre Region, where 18 percent reside and West Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in China, where 4 percent reside and Hong Kong, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Diffang92213/
Daifang928/
Difgang922/
Diofang921/
Difan9147/
Defang83728/
Difane83483/
Deifan83208/
Difant8335/
Difand8334/
Daifan8327/
Dufang8312/
Diffan836/
Diefan832/
Diofan831/
Dhoifan7714/
Defaing779/
Diffane772/
Daifane771/
Diphang771/
Diffand771/
Diffanc771/
Dieffan771/
Duffang770/
Defan73265/
Dyfan7332/
Difon7314/
Difam732/
Diephang711/
Defant67629/
Diphan67348/
Dehfan67111/
Defain6763/
Deffan6744/
Diffon6739/
Defahn6719/
Daifon6712/
Defane679/
Defgan677/
Dayfan677/
Deefan676/
Defann674/
Defaun673/
Defong673/
Defanh672/
Defatn671/
Defanc671/
Difone671/
Dífane671/
Didfam671/
Difhon671/
Defean670/
Diefon670/

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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 Difang
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis