Baafi Surname

46,017th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,266 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Baafi Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'snowy, white sweets', 'ice cream', 'icing', 'sweet person'.

Baafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana10,8761:2,484397
Yemen2271:116,4116,524
England721:773,86242,299
United States451:8,054,643356,745
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Baafi (915) may also be a first name.

Baafi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'snowy, white sweets', 'ice cream', 'icing', 'sweet person'.

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Baafi Last Name Facts

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

Baafi is found most in Ghana. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Baafi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 46,017th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 646,862 people. The surname Baafi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Baafi reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 268,007th most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 915 people.

It is most common in Ghana, where it is held by 10,876 people, or 1 in 2,484. Without taking into account Ghana this last name exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Baafi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Baafi last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.

The amount Baafi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.74% less than the national average, earning R 90,924 per year and in United States they earn 32.82% more than the national average, earning $57,310 USD per year.

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Batfish676/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Baafi
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