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 found most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bafum? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bafum is the 2,372,517th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Bafum reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 98 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Bafum 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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