Bafaya Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Bafaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bafaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bafaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bafaya is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bafaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Bafaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,333,288th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bafaya live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 450,485. Other than The DR Congo this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Bafaya
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