Bofa Surname
Approximately 774 people bear this surname
Bofa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Cameroon | 84 | 1:247,251 | 24,294 |
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Bofa (1,230) may also be a first name.
Bofa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bofa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bofa (Arabic: بوفا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻔﺎﺀ, Hindi: बोफा, Russian: Бофа) occurs in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bofa? popularity and diffusion
Bofa is the 441,818th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,415,434 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Bofa reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bofa is also the 225,584th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 1,230 people.
Bofa is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is held by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Excluding Ghana it exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Cameroon, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bofa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bofa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻔﺎﺀ | bfa | - |
| Bofa in the Hindi language | ||
| बोफा | bopha | - |
| Bofa in the Russian language | ||
| Бофа | bofa | - |
| Bofa in the Arabic language | ||
| بوفا | bwfa | - |
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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 Bofa
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