Beefnah Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Beefnah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Beefnah 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
Mauritius411:31,5476,386
England111:5,065,278148,650

Beefnah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Beefnah occurs in Mauritius more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Beefnah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Beefnah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,689,253rd most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. Beefnah is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Beefnah live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.

It is most widespread in Mauritius, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 31,547. In Mauritius it is most numerous in: Pamplemousses District, where 98 percent are found and Plaines Wilhems District, where 2 percent are found. Not including Mauritius this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent are found.

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
Befna8311/
Biffnah718/
Bafna6711,029/
Bifna6758/
Boujefna671/
Beafneaux637/
Biffna6220/
Bhafna6215/
Bhofna622/
Baafna622/
Bafnaa622/
Buifena5759/
Baafnaa571/
Vifna5046/
Bofno502/
Boufennas501/
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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 Beefnah
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