Donfi Surname

858,879th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Donfi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donfi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso3111:59,0102,434
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003

Donfi (67) may also be a first name.

Donfi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Donfi occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Donfi? popularity and diffusion

Donfi is the 858,879th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 22,989,104 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Donfi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Donfi is also the 1,191,548th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 67 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 311 people, or 1 in 59,010. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 64 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 36 percent are found. Beside Burkina Faso this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and The Philippines, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Donfai9112/
Donfio912/
Donfui911/
Danfi80105/
Dánfi8085/
Donfa8018/
Dunfi801/
Donfe800/
Donfeu7321/
Donfer735/
Donfee735/
Dounfa735/
Danfie732/
Donfet731/
Danfei731/
Donphi731/
Dunfie731/
Donnfy730/
Donphai6730/
Donfeth671/

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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
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  • 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 Donfi
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