Baffa Surname
Approximately 19,850 people bear this surname
Baffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16,144 | 1:10,973 | 1,146 |
| Italy | 1,435 | 1:42,618 | 7,651 |
| Algeria | 942 | 1:41,010 | 7,340 |
| United States | 517 | 1:701,081 | 55,448 |
| Brazil | 398 | 1:537,875 | 20,154 |
| Argentina | 179 | 1:238,790 | 19,438 |
| England | 41 | 1:1,358,977 | 60,528 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Uruguay | 21 | 1:163,417 | 13,939 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Baffa (15,379) may also be a first name.
Baffa Demographics
Average Baffa Salary in
United States
$60,985 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Baffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Baffa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻓﺎ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Baffa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 27,060th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 367,131 people. The surname Baffa is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Baffa are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Baffa is also the 45,605th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 15,379 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 16,144 people, or 1 in 10,973. In Nigeria Baffa is most numerous in: Jigawa, where 39 percent are found, Kano, where 32 percent are found and Bauchi, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 42 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 7 percent are found and Algeria, where 5 percent are found.
Baffa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Baffa are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% being registered with the party.
The amount Baffa earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 0.09% more than the national average, earning €30,058 per year; in United States they earn 41.34% more than the national average, earning $60,985 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.87% more than the national average, earning $74,462 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Baffa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Baffa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻓﺎ | bafa | - |
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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 Baffa
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