Dirfa Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Niger

Dirfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dirfa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon91:2,307,674112,590
Niger91:2,132,44640,124

Dirfa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dirfa is found most in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dirfa.

How Common Is The Last Name Dirfa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dirfa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Chadic Africa.

Dirfa is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Durfa80131/
Derfa80117/
Dirfi802/
Dirfo801/
Drefa801/
Dirfee734/
Durfah731/
Dérfai731/
Derfai731/
Drefah731/
Derfas731/
Durfay730/
Derfaud672/
Deirfee670/
Dirfous670/
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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 Dirfa
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