Dufua Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Dufua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dufua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Dufua Last Name Facts

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

Dufua is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dufua.

How Common Is The Last Name Dufua? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dufua is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Dufua live; 40 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Dufua is most frequent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 83 percent live and Bayelsa, where 17 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent live and Uganda, where 13 percent live.

Dufua Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dufua has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 120 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhufua9171/
Duffuaa8320/
Dufwa8076/
Dubua8075/
Difua8069/
Dufwat7329/
Duivua731/
Dhufwa731/
Duffuo730/
Dufuoy730/
Duffwat671/
Dubba606,649/
Duvva604,083/
Divua60111/
Difwa6021/
Duwba606/
Duvwa602/
Doubba55194/
Dhubba55177/
Dhuvva5539/
Dievua5526/
Dubbaa5510/
Dubbha557/
Duvvas555/
Dubbah555/
Dubbai555/
Duvvaa553/
Duvvai551/
Dubuoy551/
Dubbau551/
Dubbay551/
Duibba551/
Duvvad551/
Duvbay551/
Dhuwva551/
Dhubbha503/
Doubbou503/
Douhbba501/
Dubbhay501/

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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 Dufua
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