Bafemo Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Bafemo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bafemo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast201:1,153,56226,783
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Bafemo (76) may also be a first name.

Bafemo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bafemo is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Bafemo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bafemo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bafemo is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Bafemo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Bafemo live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Mande Africa. Bafemo is also the 1,107,702nd most commonly held first name on earth, held by 76 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,153,562. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Woroba District, where 80 percent live, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 10 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 5 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Baffemo921/
Bafema836/
Bafomo832/
Bofemo831/
Vafemo831/
Vafiemo771/
Baffimo771/
Bofomo67105/
Bafoma6797/
Bafima6761/
Bofamo674/
Bafama672/
Bofema671/
Bafuima621/
Bafitma621/
Baffima621/
Boufetma571/
Boufamou571/
Bofama5021/
Vafima501/

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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 Bafemo
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