Bafui Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Bafui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bafui (17) may also be a first name.
Bafui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bafui Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bafui occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bafui click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bafui? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Bafui live; 93 percent live in Oceania Islands and 93 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,694,839th most widespread forename at a global level, borne by 17 people.
The surname Bafui is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 291,204. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Madang, where 50 percent are found, Morobe, where 46 percent are found and New Ireland, where 4 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 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 Bafui
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