Bafena Surname
Approximately 5,213 people bear this surname
Bafena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,346 | 1:22,445 | 2,857 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
Bafena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bafena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bafena is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bafena? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 91,783rd most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,397,956 people. Bafena occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bafena reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa.
The last name Bafena is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4,346 people, or 1 in 22,445. Outside of Ethiopia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 16 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bafenga | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bafana | 83 | 4,575 | / |
| Bafina | 83 | 98 | / |
| Bofena | 83 | 50 | / |
| Wafena | 83 | 41 | / |
| Bafeni | 83 | 7 | / |
| Befena | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bafona | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bafeno | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bafene | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bafengo | 77 | 145 | / |
| Bafanah | 77 | 76 | / |
| Buifena | 77 | 59 | / |
| Bafeani | 77 | 55 | / |
| Bafenyi | 77 | 50 | / |
| Bafinga | 77 | 38 | / |
| Batfeni | 77 | 35 | / |
| Bhafana | 77 | 35 | / |
| Bahfina | 77 | 18 | / |
| Bafinas | 77 | 17 | / |
| Baffana | 77 | 12 | / |
| Bafanna | 77 | 12 | / |
| Batfeny | 77 | 10 | / |
| Baafana | 77 | 4 | / |
| Bafaana | 77 | 4 | / |
| Bafanaa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Baifana | 77 | 1 | / |
| Boufena | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beafana | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bafuina | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bafonna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baffina | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bafeene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bofenga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Boufenaz | 71 | 283 | / |
| Boufenas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vafeynad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bahafina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vafina | 67 | 8,067 | / |
| Bofana | 67 | 694 | / |
| Bofona | 67 | 576 | / |
| Boufenaya | 67 | 311 | / |
| Bafini | 67 | 202 | / |
| Befona | 67 | 165 | / |
| Vafyna | 67 | 79 | / |
| Befana | 67 | 55 | / |
| Bofene | 67 | 21 | / |
| Beauffeny | 67 | 17 | / |
| Uafina | 67 | 15 | / |
| Bafino | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wafina | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bafine | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bofina | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vofena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Befina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wafeno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wofena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bafiny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bofeni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waffenash | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bafena
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