Bamkefa Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Bamkefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bamkefa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria641:2,767,85688,308
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England11:55,718,059489,080
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Samoa11:193,8081,089

Bamkefa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bamkefa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bamkefa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bamkefa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,220,661st most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname Bamkefa is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Bamkefa live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 2,767,856. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 45 percent live, Lagos, where 17 percent live and Oyo, where 16 percent live. Besides Nigeria Bamkefa exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bamikefa93438/
Bankefa86204/
Bemikefa804/
Bamikefe803/
Bankeifa801/
Bamkhaeva751/
Bonkefa711/
Baymokoeva711/
Bamegav711/
Bamakhav6723/
Bamikafe671/
Baumkoff670/
Boonkeawfa591/
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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 Bamkefa
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