Bafakan Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Bafakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bafakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bafakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bafakan is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bafakan? popularity and diffusion
Bafakan is the 2,414,640th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bafakan live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 346,151. In Cameroon Bafakan is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 73 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 25 percent reside and West Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 2 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bafakian | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bafakhan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bafakanwa | 88 | 8 | / |
| Badfakhan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Bavakan | 86 | 27 | / |
| Bafakam | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bafkane | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bavakhan | 80 | 806 | / |
| Bavakian | 80 | 20 | / |
| Bafokane | 80 | 16 | / |
| Bhavakan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bavakani | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bavakann | 80 | 1 | / |
| Payfakan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bafachan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bavakana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bafagane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bafkin | 77 | 4 | / |
| Bafken | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bafgan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bhavakhan | 75 | 48 | / |
| Baviakana | 75 | 27 | / |
| Bavakhani | 75 | 6 | / |
| Boufakane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Baafukhan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Baviakani | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bifakanwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Baffagana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bavakhaan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bavakhane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bavkana | 71 | 9 | / |
| Bhavakhane | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bavagan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bahavakhan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pavakan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Baffa Gana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bfwkhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bavacan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pfakana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pfakanya | 67 | 73 | / |
| Bavukana | 67 | 48 | / |
| Bavikyan | 67 | 38 | / |
| Bavachan | 67 | 25 | / |
| Bafghian | 67 | 21 | / |
| Bafghani | 67 | 11 | / |
| Baiphakwaen | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bavukyan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bhavagan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bavekana | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bavakuno | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bavakyny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bavaykin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bavikana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bavukkan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhuvakan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhavkana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Biyafhachan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bavikian | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bavokano | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baavgain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boufaken | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boufkane | 67 | 1 | / |
| B Fakhwn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boufekkan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Boufakoune | 59 | 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 Bafakan
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