Backöfer Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Backöfer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Backofer (0) are calculated separately.
Backöfer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Backöfer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Backöfer occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Backofer. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Backöfer? popularity and diffusion
The last name Backöfer is the 4,116,508th most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Backöfer are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 3,659,339. In Germany Backöfer is most common in: Bavaria, where 59 percent live and Hesse, where 41 percent live. Other than Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backofer | 96 | 0 | / |
| Bockhöfer | 82 | 52 | / |
| Beckhöfer | 82 | 18 | / |
| Backoefer | 82 | 12 | / |
| Böckhöfer | 82 | 2 | / |
| Backhofer | 82 | 2 | / |
| Backoffer | 82 | 0 | / |
| Backofe | 80 | 15 | / |
| Backhoffer | 78 | 0 | / |
| Beckofer | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bakofe | 71 | 36 | / |
| Beckhofer | 71 | 10 | / |
| Bockhofer | 71 | 6 | / |
| Bakafe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beckhafer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bockhoefer | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bakofeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beckhoefer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wakefer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Baikefie | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bekhofer | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bockhoeffer | 63 | 0 | / |
| Boucoffer | 59 | 0 | / |
| Bakafi | 57 | 89 | / |
| Bokofe | 57 | 48 | / |
| Bakofi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bokafe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bakhafi | 53 | 18 | / |
| Baqafir | 53 | 1 | / |
| Bakaphe | 53 | 1 | / |
| Bokofie | 53 | 1 | / |
| Boukafir | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Backöfer
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