Bife Surname
Approximately 632 people bear this surname
Bife Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 431 | 1:171,414 | 17,546 |
| Brazil | 139 | 1:1,540,103 | 51,247 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Bifê (1) are calculated separately.
Bife (4,605) may also be a first name.
Bife Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bife Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bife (Hindi: बीफे) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Bifê. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bife? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 515,938th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 11,530,927 people. The last name Bife occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Bife are found; 69 percent are found in Central Africa and 69 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bife is also the 101,141st most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 4,605 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 431 people, or 1 in 171,414. Other than The DR Congo this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 22 percent are found and Portugal, where 4 percent are found.
Bife Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bife has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bife surname contracted 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bife Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bife in the Hindi language | ||
| बीफे | biphe | 66.67 |
| बिफे | biphe | 33.33 |
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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 Bife
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