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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Baffah? popularity and diffusion
Baffah is the 529,538th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 11,927,244 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Baffah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 397,322nd most commonly held first name in the world, held by 461 people.
Baffah is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 609 people, or 1 in 290,875. In Nigeria Baffah is most prevalent in: Bauchi, where 62 percent reside, Jigawa, where 15 percent reside and Gombe, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.
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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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