Dufay Surname
Approximately 3,438 people bear this surname
Dufay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 3,111 | 1:21,351 | 2,484 |
| United States | 109 | 1:3,325,311 | 189,554 |
| Belgium | 94 | 1:122,305 | 17,923 |
| Argentina | 70 | 1:610,620 | 43,172 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Dufaÿ (12) are calculated separately.
Dufay (376) may also be a first name.
Dufay Demographics
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Dufay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dufay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dufay is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Dufaÿ. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dufay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 131,485th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,119,705 people. Dufay occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Dufay are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 447,400th most commonly held given name in the world, held by 376 people.
The last name is most frequent in France, where it is held by 3,111 people, or 1 in 21,351. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 27 percent live, Normandy, where 23 percent live and Île-de-France, where 18 percent live. Besides France Dufay is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live and Belgium, where 3 percent live.
Dufay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dufay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dufay surname grew 838 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dufay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Dufay last name are 24.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 77.78% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Dufay earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 13.62% more than the national average, earning $49,028 USD per year and in Canada they earn 69.66% more than the national average, earning $84,290 CAD per year.
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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
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