Bafalanga Surname

980,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bafalanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bafalanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2601:284,15226,288
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Bafalanga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bafalanga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bafalanga is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bafalanga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 980,795th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bafalanga live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 260 people, or 1 in 284,152. Beside The DR Congo this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bafalange8968/
Bofalanga8962/
Wafalanga8921/
Bafelanga891/
Bafolanga891/
Boufalaga78101/
Bafolange7821/
Bafolonga784/
Bofalango784/
Bofalangi781/
Bafelonga781/
Boufallaga744/

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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 Bafalanga
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