Balafa Surname
Approximately 431 people bear this surname
Balafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 382 | 1:29,005 | 4,479 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Balafa (11) may also be a first name.
Balafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Balafa (Hindi: बलफा) occurs most in Greece. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 687,524th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,908,459 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Balafa reside; 89 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 89 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. Balafa is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held given name globally. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name Balafa is most commonly used in Greece, where it is carried by 382 people, or 1 in 29,005. In Greece Balafa is primarily concentrated in: Attica, where 39 percent are found, Peloponnese, where 29 percent are found and Epirus, where 20 percent are found. Barring Greece it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balafa in the Hindi language | ||
| बलफा | balapha | - |
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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 Balafa
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