Boafoh Surname

702,422nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 419 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Boafoh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boafoh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Boafoh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Boafoh occurs most in Ghana. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Boafoh click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Boafoh? popularity and diffusion

The surname Boafoh is the 702,422nd most frequently held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,392,711 people. Boafoh is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Boafoh reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Without taking into account Ghana it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boafo9130,818/
Boafoa83279/
Boaffo83123/
Bouafo8383/
Boafou831/
Bouaffouh801/
Bouaffo77183/
Bouafou77182/
Baofo734/
Woafo731/
Boafa731/
Bouaffou711,062/
Bouafoud71140/
Wouafo67426/
Bouafa6713/
Woaffo672/
Bohafa671/
Bouafffou671/
Woafou671/
Boapha671/

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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 Boafoh
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