Bofua Surname
Approximately 897 people bear this surname
Bofua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 855 | 1:86,409 | 9,889 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Bofua (88) may also be a first name.
Bofua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bofua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bofua is found most in The DR Congo. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bofua.
How Common Is The Last Name Bofua? popularity and diffusion
Bofua is the 393,872nd most widespread surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,124,354 people. Bofua is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bofua are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most common first name globally. It is borne by 88 people.
This last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 855 people, or 1 in 86,409. Excluding The DR Congo Bofua exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Bofua
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