Blef Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Blef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Blef (156) may also be a first name.
Blef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Blef (Russian: Блеф) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Blef? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,061,309th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Blef reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Blef is also the 735,679th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 156 people.
The surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 250,230. In Cameroon Blef is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 99 percent live and North Region, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bleif | 89 | 99 | / |
| Bleuf | 89 | 26 | / |
| Bleff | 89 | 2 | / |
| Bleyf | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bellef | 80 | 19 | / |
| Bleffe | 80 | 15 | / |
| Bleife | 80 | 3 | / |
| Billef | 80 | 3 | / |
| Bleeff | 80 | 2 | / |
| Blew | 75 | 1,195 | / |
| Bleb | 75 | 40 | / |
| Blev | 75 | 6 | / |
| Blyf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Blif | 75 | 1 | / |
| Belleuf | 73 | 19 | / |
| Bliev | 67 | 421 | / |
| Bleav | 67 | 121 | / |
| Bliew | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bliff | 67 | 7 | / |
| Blaif | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bleva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bleew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bleuw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vlief | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bloif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Blifs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Blewt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bleaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bllew | 67 | 0 | / |
| Blife | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bleeb | 67 | 0 | / |
| Blewz | 67 | 0 | / |
Blef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Blef in the Russian language | ||
| Блеф | blef | - |
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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 Blef
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