Balufe Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Balufe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Balufé (2) are calculated separately.
Balufe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balufe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balufe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Balufé. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Balufe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Balufe reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Balufe is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 100 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 36 percent are found and Brazil, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balufé | 94 | 2 | / |
| Baluf | 91 | 3 | / |
| Balufeeh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Balluffe | 86 | 0 | / |
| Bolufe | 83 | 192 | / |
| Balufa | 83 | 35 | / |
| Balluf | 83 | 9 | / |
| Balife | 83 | 6 | / |
| Belufe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Balufi | 83 | 5 | / |
| Bayluf | 83 | 1 | / |
| Balauf | 83 | 1 | / |
| Baluff | 83 | 1 | / |
| Balouf | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bolufer | 77 | 1,067 | / |
| Balluff | 77 | 587 | / |
| Ballauf | 77 | 301 | / |
| Baloufi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bahlouf | 77 | 2 | / |
| Baalouf | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baylouf | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ballusf | 77 | 1 | / |
| Balouff | 77 | 1 | / |
| Walufer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baloufa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baluffi | 77 | 0 | / |
| Balub | 73 | 119 | / |
| Baluw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baluv | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ballauff | 71 | 62 | / |
| Balluffi | 71 | 14 | / |
| Waloufei | 71 | 11 | / |
| Bailiffe | 71 | 7 | / |
| Waloufey | 71 | 2 | / |
| Boluffer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boloufer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Balloufa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waloufeî | 71 | 1 | / |
| Balliffe | 71 | 0 | / |
| Baloev | 67 | 170 | / |
| Balifi | 67 | 93 | / |
| Boulouffe | 67 | 67 | / |
| Balubh | 67 | 49 | / |
| Valufi | 67 | 42 | / |
| Belufi | 67 | 33 | / |
| Bolauf | 67 | 16 | / |
| Bhaluv | 67 | 6 | / |
| Walufi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bouloufei | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bhalub | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bolufa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Walufa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Balluw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Baloew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhaluw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baullauff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Balyuv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Balify | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bauluw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bolufé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wealaufer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Valeuf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Valufa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Balaub | 67 | 1 | / |
| Walouffei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Valluf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bolouf | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Balufe
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