Bafana Forename

35,091st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 22,094 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Bafana Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Bafana Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa
100%
19,8101:2,753481
Swaziland-9231:1,409334
Zimbabwe
99%
 
7311:21,1002,282
Botswana
100%
2271:9,6231,390
DR Congo
94%
 
2261:326,67112,797
Lesotho
100%
581:35,1723,941
Nigeria
75%
 
311:5,727,88380,246
England
100%
291:1,917,34224,911
United States-101:36,253,698247,090
India
50%
 
81:151,859,7461,755,835
Zambia-41:3,963,69831,018
Iceland-41:91,5043,703
Norway-41:1,283,08216,224
Singapore-31:2,095,68522,815
Canada-21:16,566,68686,787
Yemen-21:13,148,37610,677
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Burkina Faso
100%
21:9,189,73469,235
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Tanzania
100%
11:52,788,31985,066
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Wales-11:3,094,30916,222
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Ghana
100%
11:26,986,21613,521
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Chad
100%
11:13,598,39815,363

Bafana (4,575) may also be a surname.

Bafana Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Bafana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bafana in the Russian language
Бафанаbafana-

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • 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 Bafana