Baffah Surname
Approximately 611 people bear this surname
Baffah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 609 | 1:290,875 | 16,329 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Baffah (461) may also be a first name.
Baffah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baffah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Baffah is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Baffah? popularity and diffusion
Baffah is the 529,538th most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 11,927,244 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Baffah are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Baffah is also the 397,322nd most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 461 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 609 people, or 1 in 290,875. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bauchi, where 62 percent are found, Jigawa, where 15 percent are found and Gombe, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 0 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Baffah
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