Bofos Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Bofos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bofos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bofos Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bofos is found in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bofos? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,730,171st most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Bofos is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Bofos live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Bofos is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 373,314. In Switzerland Bofos is most frequent in: Canton of Schaffhausen, where 64 percent live, Canton of Aargau, where 32 percent live and Canton of Zürich, where 5 percent live. Barring Switzerland this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 7 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boufos9152/
Bofose911/
Bofo89153/
Boufous834,879/
Bouffos831/
Boffo801,811/
Bofoy80116/
Bofoi8041/
Boofo8027/
Bofou8016/
Bofoa805/
Bofus805/
Boufo803/
Boifo802/
Bosfo801/
Wofos801/
Bofot801/
Bhofo801/
Bafos801/
Boufouss77744/
Boufas731,186/
Boiffo7326/
Bouffo7319/
Boufou7314/
Boffou736/
Boifou735/
Baffos732/
Basfos731/
Boffoh731/
Bahfos731/
Bofuoa731/
Buopfo731/
Boffas731/
Bowfoy730/
Boffus730/
Boufousse71205/
Boutfoust71138/
Boudfoust719/
Bouffouss711/
Boschfost710/
Bafo671,234/
Bofa67774/
Bouhfas67175/
Vofo6799/
Boufoud679/
Boufass679/
Bofouce674/
Boutfas673/
Boufahs671/
Boudfou671/
Boiffou671/
Bousfot671/
Boufase671/
Bhofase671/
Boffush670/
Baffous670/

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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 Bofos
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