Boffé Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Boffé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boffé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1291:89,12113,878
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Boffe (226) are calculated separately.

Boffé Last Name Facts

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

The last name Boffé is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Boffe. For other possible spellings of Boffé click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Boffé? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,573,888th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Boffé reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is held by 129 people, or 1 in 89,121. In Belgium Boffé is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 78 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 22 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Belgium this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boffe93226/
Bouffé9149/
Bouffée831/
Boffa806,938/
Boffi802,491/
Boffy80925/
Boffey73940/
Boffie73763/
Bouffi73393/
Boffet73218/
Bouffe73119/
Boffee7348/
Boffer7344/
Boiffi7322/
Bouffa7310/
Bouffy737/
Boffio732/
Boffes732/
Boffit731/
Boffui731/
Bofa67774/
Bofi67661/
Bouffet67645/
Bofe67449/
Bouffay67274/
Bouffee6716/
Bouffey6714/
Bofy6712/
Bofí674/
Bouffie674/
Bofj673/
Boffett671/
Bafé671/
Bofè671/
Boffess670/
Boffitt670/

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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 Boffé
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