Bofoya Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Bofoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Bofoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bofoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bofoya is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bofoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,403,590th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. Bofoya is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bofoya live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Bofoya is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 513,053. Without taking into account The DR Congo it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 6 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bofoy | 91 | 116 | / |
| Bofoa | 91 | 5 | / |
| Bofaya | 83 | 5,667 | / |
| Bofoyo | 83 | 390 | / |
| Bofoyi | 83 | 34 | / |
| Bofiya | 83 | 21 | / |
| Bofeya | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bafoya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bofuya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bofuoa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bowfoy | 83 | 0 | / |
| Boufaya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bofey | 73 | 260 | / |
| Bafoa | 73 | 80 | / |
| Bofoe | 73 | 58 | / |
| Bofoi | 73 | 41 | / |
| Bafoy | 73 | 27 | / |
| Bofau | 73 | 27 | / |
| Bofou | 73 | 16 | / |
| Bofay | 73 | 5 | / |
| Bofea | 73 | 4 | / |
| Befoy | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bofye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wofoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bafoyowa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boffey | 67 | 940 | / |
| Boufayaya | 67 | 389 | / |
| Bafaya | 67 | 168 | / |
| Baffoy | 67 | 114 | / |
| Bafeya | 67 | 32 | / |
| Bafuya | 67 | 27 | / |
| Bafiya | 67 | 24 | / |
| Boufai | 67 | 24 | / |
| Botfai | 67 | 16 | / |
| Boufaa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Boufou | 67 | 14 | / |
| Befaya | 67 | 10 | / |
| Baffoa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Boffou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Boifey | 67 | 6 | / |
| Befiya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Boufea | 67 | 5 | / |
| Boifou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bofiyo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bafoyi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bofiye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Botfaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boifai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bofeyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boufayadh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bafouy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boffoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boufay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bofais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bofayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bowfay | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bofoya
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