Belafia Surname
Approximately 1,048 people bear this surname
Belafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,022 | 1:33,734 | 5,408 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Belafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Belafia (Russian: Белафиа) is found in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Belafia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 348,561st most prevalent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,953,765 people. The last name Belafia is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Belafia are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Mahgreb.
It is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is carried by 1,022 people, or 1 in 33,734. Other than Morocco this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent live and Spain, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Belafia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Belafia in the Russian language | ||
| Белафиа | belafia | - |
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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 Belafia
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