Bafakia Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Bafakia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 68 | 1:388,607 | 10,329 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Bafakia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bafakia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bafakia occurs in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bafakia? popularity and diffusion
Bafakia is the 2,293,424th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname Bafakia occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Bafakia live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
The last name is most widely held in Yemen, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 388,607. In Yemen it is mostly found in: Hadramaut Governorate, where 75 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 15 percent live and Shabwah Governorate, where 6 percent live. Apart from Yemen it occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Bafakia
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