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
The last name Bife (Hindi: बीफे) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Bifê. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bife? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 515,938th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 11,530,927 people. The surname Bife occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Bife reside; 69 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bife is also the 101,141st most numerous given name worldwide, held by 4,605 people.
The last name Bife is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 431 people, or 1 in 171,414. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 22 percent live and Portugal, where 4 percent live.
Bife Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bife has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bife last name declined 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
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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 Bife
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