Bafala Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Bafala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Bafala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bafala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bafala (Marathi: बाफला) is found most in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bafala? popularity and diffusion
Bafala is the 1,092,155th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. The surname Bafala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Bafala live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 212 people, or 1 in 348,489. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 5 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bafala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bafala in the Marathi language | ||
| बाफला | baphala | - |
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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 Bafala
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