Befa Surname
Approximately 414 people bear this surname
Befa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 150 | 1:102,922 | 14,428 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Greece | 30 | 1:369,326 | 50,921 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Turkey | 24 | 1:3,242,559 | 89,463 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Befà (1) are calculated separately.
Befa (129) may also be a first name.
Befa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Befa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Befa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻔﺎ, Hindi: बेफा, Russian: Бефа, Tibetan: བི་ཕ་) is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also occur as: Befà. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Befa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 708,658th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 17,602,768 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Befa are found; 37 percent are found in Southern Africa and 37 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Befa is also the 818,356th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 129 people.
The last name Befa is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 102,922. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 55 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 24 percent reside and Harare Province, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 29 percent reside and Greece, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Befa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Befa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻔﺎ | bfa | - |
| Befa in the Tibetan language | ||
| བི་ཕ་ | bipa | - |
| Befa in the Hindi language | ||
| बेफा | bepha | - |
| Befa in the Russian language | ||
| Бефа | befa | - |
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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 Befa
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