Bafai Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Bafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Azerbaijan | 27 | 1:357,375 | 7,700 |
| Kazakhstan | 27 | 1:654,907 | 44,542 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Bafaï (4) are calculated separately.
Bafai (20) may also be a first name.
Bafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bafai (Hindi: बफाई, Russian: Бафаи) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Bafaï. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bafai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,828,462nd most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 39 percent of Bafai reside; 30 percent reside in West Africa and 26 percent reside in North Caucasus. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 20 people.
The surname Bafai is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 669,970. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 65 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 26 percent reside and North Region, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Azerbaijan, where 26 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 26 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bafai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bafai in the Hindi language | ||
| बफाई | bapha'i | 66.67 |
| बफई | bapha'i | 33.33 |
| Bafai in the Russian language | ||
| Бафаи | bafai | - |
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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 Bafai
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