Bafana Surname
Approximately 4,575 people bear this surname
Bafana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,695 | 1:9,108 | 1,120 |
| India | 1,117 | 1:686,719 | 32,043 |
| DR Congo | 876 | 1:84,337 | 9,678 |
| Botswana | 474 | 1:4,614 | 707 |
| South Africa | 241 | 1:224,804 | 23,422 |
| Lesotho | 50 | 1:40,651 | 6,911 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Bafana (22,094) may also be a first name.
Bafana Demographics
Average Bafana Salary in
United States
$76,694 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bafana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bafana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bafana (Arabic: بفانا, Hindi: बाफना, Marathi: बाफणा) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bafana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 102,879th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,592,906 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Bafana are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Bafana is also the 35,091st most frequently held given name globally It is held by 22,094 people.
This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,695 people, or 1 in 9,108. In Zimbabwe Bafana is primarily found in: Midlands Province, where 42 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 17 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 17 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe Bafana exists in 38 countries. It is also found in India, where 24 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found.
Bafana Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Bafana earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.27% less than the national average, earning R 96,792 per year and in United States they earn 77.74% more than the national average, earning $76,694 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bafana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bafana in the Hindi language | ||
| बाफना | baphana | 93.41 |
| बाफणा | baphana | 6.59 |
| Bafana in the Marathi language | ||
| बाफणा | baphana | 48.37 |
| बाफना | baphana | 41.97 |
| बाफाना | baphana | 7.68 |
| बाफाणा | baphana | 0.59 |
| बाफन | baphana | 0.59 |
| बाफण | baphana | 0.2 |
| बापना | bapana | 0.2 |
| बफाना | baphana | 0.2 |
| बफना | baphana | 0.2 |
| Bafana in the Arabic language | ||
| بفانا | bfana | - |
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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 Bafana
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