Bafor Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Bafor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 177 | 1:1,000,807 | 42,311 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Bafor (45) may also be a first name.
Bafor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bafor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bafor (Hindi: बाफोर) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bafor.
How Common Is The Last Name Bafor? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,144,405th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Bafor live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bafor is also the 1,504,468th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 45 people.
Bafor is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 177 people, or 1 in 1,000,807. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 81 percent live, Taraba, where 9 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
Bafor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bafor has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bafor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bafor in the Hindi language | ||
| बाफोर | baphora | 50 |
| बफोर् | baphor | 50 |
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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 Bafor
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