Bafe Surname
Approximately 1,230 people bear this surname
Bafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,101 | 1:67,102 | 7,913 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| Greece | 27 | 1:410,363 | 54,524 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
The alternate forms: Bafé (1) are calculated separately.
Bafe (276) may also be a first name.
Bafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bafe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻑ, Marathi: बफ़र्े) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Bafé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bafe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 307,224th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,924,834 people. Bafe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Bafe are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 534,713th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 276 people.
The last name Bafe is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,101 people, or 1 in 67,102. Apart from The DR Congo it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and Greece, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bafe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bafe in the Marathi language | ||
| बफ़र्े | bafare | - |
| Bafe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻑ | baf | 50 |
| ﺑﺎﻓﻪ | bafh | 50 |
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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 Bafe
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