Bafarawa Surname
Approximately 527 people bear this surname
Bafarawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 522 | 1:339,354 | 18,436 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Bafarawa (122) may also be a first name.
Bafarawa Demographics
Bafarawa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Bafarawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bafarawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bafarawa occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bafarawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 591,720th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,828,360 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bafarawa reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 844,248th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 122 people.
The last name Bafarawa is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 522 people, or 1 in 339,354. In Nigeria Bafarawa is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 79 percent are found, Imo, where 12 percent are found and Zamfara, where 2 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Bafarawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Bafarawa surname is primarily Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
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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 Bafarawa
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