Belfan Surname

434,076th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 792 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Belfan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Belfan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France7881:84,29311,971
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Belfan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Belfan is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Belfan.

How Common Is The Last Name Belfan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Belfan is the 434,076th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,201,447 people. The surname Belfan occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Belfan reside; 98 percent reside in Caribbean and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean.

The surname Belfan is most widespread in France, where it is carried by 788 people, or 1 in 84,293. In France it is most prevalent in: Martinique, where 98 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 1 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 1 percent reside. Aside from France this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 0 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Belfand9221/
Belfane922/
Belfant921/
Bellfant863/
Bellfain861/
Belfon831,386/
Bilfan833/
Belfam831/
Belfond77232/
Bilfane77136/
Belfont7750/
Bellfon771/
Bilfand771/
Belfone770/
Belfatem714/
Belfpham711/
Bellfond711/
Wellfaun710/
Bellfont710/
Vilfan67314/
Wilfan6737/
Bilfam671/
Velfon671/
Blfont671/

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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 Belfan
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