Dunfe Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Dunfe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dunfe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Dunfe (12) may also be a first name.

Dunfe Last Name Facts

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

Dunfe is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunfe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 33 percent of Dunfe live; 33 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.

The surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 16,887,176. In The Netherlands Dunfe is most common in: North Holland, where 100 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 33 percent are found.

Dunfe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dunfe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dunfe surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dunfee912,772/
Dunfey91187/
Dunnfe911/
Dunfie911/
Dunfeu911/
Dunfer910/
Dunf89161/
Dunfehy830/
Deunf80174/
Dunfa806/
Dunfi801/
Dunfy800/
Donfe800/
Dunphe7375/
Deunff7360/
Donfee735/
Dounfa735/
Dunfoy734/
Dunfuy731/
Deunfa731/
Dumfee731/
Dumfie730/
Dumfer730/
Dunmpf730/
Dunfay730/
Dunehew67241/
Dunphey67177/
Dunb6715/
Dunphie678/
Dumf674/
Dunw673/
Dunv672/
Dhunfaa671/
Dumpfey670/
Dumffey670/
Dunphee670/
Donf670/

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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 Dunfe
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