Befele Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Befele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Befele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Befele (30) may also be a first name.

Befele Last Name Facts

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

Befele occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Befele? popularity and diffusion

The last name Befele is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Befele occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Befele reside; 64 percent reside in Southern Africa and 64 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Befele is also the 1,911,214th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 30 people.

Befele is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 86 percent reside and Gauteng, where 14 percent reside. Other than South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 27 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Befeler92121/
Baefele9221/
Bepfele920/
Befile83541/
Bofele83540/
Befole83506/
Befela83160/
Bafele8367/
Befale8328/
Bifele8323/
Befeli835/
Beffle832/
Vefele831/
Befitel7751/
Befetel7725/
Befetil7725/
Bhefile7715/
Wefeler7713/
Baffele771/
Befalee771/
Mpefele771/
Bifle731/
Bedfeild711/
Wouefele711/
Bofale671,811/
Biffle671,280/
Bafile67531/
Bofole67452/
Bafale67125/
Bafole67108/
Befili6754/
Bofile6721/
Bifole6721/
Bieffeilh6719/
Bafeli6715/
Befila676/
Bofeli675/
Befali674/
Vefeli672/
Bifile672/
Vefely671/
Boiffelle671/
Bifela671/
Befaly671/
Bjffle670/

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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 Befele
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