Blafa Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Blafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Blafa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Blafa occurs most in South Africa. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blafa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most frequent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. Blafa is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Blafa reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa Blafa is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 80 percent live and North West, where 20 percent live. Other than South Africa Blafa is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent live and Greece, where 8 percent live.

Blafa Last Name Statistics demography

Blafa earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 79.71% more than the national average, earning R 427,056 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Blaffa9135/
Blafas9112/
Bliafa911/
Bellafa831/
Blafo8033/
Blafe802/
Blafi801/
Billafaa772/
Bellaifa772/
Blaufass770/
Bloufa73296/
Blaffo73291/
Blafer7349/
Blafou7340/
Blaifi735/
Blaife734/
Blaafe732/
Bloffa731/
Blaifo731/
Blafio731/
Blafih731/
Blefai731/
Bellahfat7116/
Billafaia711/
Blaffou6741/
Blaffer6736/
Bloofat6721/
Blaffet6719/
Blaudfaust6712/
Bellafi6710/
Blaifer678/
Villafa678/
Blafett676/
Bloufas675/
Blajfer672/
Blasfer671/
Blaffee670/
Billofa670/
Blaufer670/

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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 Blafa
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