Bafum Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Bafum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Bafum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bafum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bafum is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bafum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,372,517th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Bafum reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Bafum is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria Bafum is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 98 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 6 percent reside and Pakistan, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bafume | 91 | 40 | / |
| Bafaum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Baffum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Baufume | 83 | 10 | / |
| Bafhoum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Baffoum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Befum | 80 | 66 | / |
| Bafun | 80 | 38 | / |
| Wafum | 80 | 10 | / |
| Bafom | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bafune | 73 | 151 | / |
| Wafoum | 73 | 17 | / |
| Bafoun | 73 | 8 | / |
| Bofume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bahfun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Boffum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baifun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baffoun | 67 | 35 | / |
| Bafunhe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bauphum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baifoun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bahfung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bafuune | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bafoune | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bafum
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