Bafokane Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Bafokane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bafokane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139

Bafokane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bafokane is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bafokane click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bafokane? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bafokane is the 4,908,606th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bafokane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 94 percent are found and Gauteng, where 6 percent are found.

Bafokane Last Name Statistics demography

Bafokane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.24% less than the national average, earning R 37,440 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bafakange8248/
Bafakan8063/
Bafakhan751/
Boufekane71124/
Badfakhan712/
Boufakane711/
Bafakangi711/
Boufekkane675/
Bafakam672/
Boufekkanne631/
Waffakani591/
Bahavakhan563/
Boufakoune561/
Wafaqani5015/
Vafaqani505/

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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 Bafokane
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