Baofa Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Baofa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Baofa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Iran931:825,61940,849
China41:341,830,39216,990
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Baofa (246) may also be a first name.

Baofa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Baofa is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Baofa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,155,901st most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name Baofa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Baofa are found; 53 percent are found in Central Africa and 53 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Baofa is also the 569,299th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 246 people.

The last name Baofa is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Without taking into account The DR Congo Baofa occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 45 percent live and China, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Baoufa91141/
Baofai9119/
Baofat9113/
Bahofa911/
Baoufah831/
Baoufad831/
Baofo804/
Baofi802/
Waofa802/
Boafa801/
Boafoa73279/
Bouafa7313/
Baofei733/
Bohafa731/
Boafai731/
Baoufi731/
Bahoffe6714/
Bouafad6710/
Bouafas671/
Bouafat671/
Bouafai671/
Boafaya671/
Bouafaa671/

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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 Baofa
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