Dourfaye Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Dourfaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 240 | 1:79,967 | 3,475 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dourfaye (40) may also be a first name.
Dourfaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dourfaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dourfaye occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dourfaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,003,904th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 28,691,126 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Dourfaye live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most common first name on earth It is held by 40 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 240 people, or 1 in 79,967. In Niger Dourfaye is primarily found in: Tillabéri Region, where 50 percent are found, Niamey Capital District, where 39 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Niger it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in France, where 4 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dourffaye | 94 | 1 | / |
| Dourfay | 93 | 8 | / |
| Doyrfaye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Dourfayi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Durfay | 86 | 0 | / |
| Dourfai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Durfee | 71 | 5,061 | / |
| Durfey | 71 | 1,413 | / |
| Dorfey | 71 | 282 | / |
| Dorfei | 71 | 26 | / |
| Darfay | 71 | 16 | / |
| Dorfeu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Dorfue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dorfie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dorfee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Durfie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Durfue | 71 | 0 | / |
| Durffee | 67 | 23 | / |
| Doorfee | 67 | 7 | / |
| Dorrfie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dorfais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dourfou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dorfait | 67 | 1 | / |
| Durfuee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Durfeey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Durffey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Durfehy | 67 | 0 | / |
| Dorfault | 63 | 0 | / |
| Darfai | 57 | 31 | / |
| Darfee | 57 | 3 | / |
| Darfey | 57 | 0 | / |
| Durphey | 53 | 62 | / |
| Darfais | 53 | 27 | / |
| Darfoie | 53 | 1 | / |
| Deirfee | 53 | 0 | / |
| Deerfiei | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Dourfaye
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