Bofy Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Bofy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bofy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Bofy Last Name Facts

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

Bofy is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bofy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Bofy are found; 33 percent are found in North Africa and 33 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Barring Egypt it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boffy89925/
Bofey89260/
Bofoy89116/
Bofay895/
Bofyo894/
Bosfy891/
Boufy891/
Bofiy891/
Bofaya805,667/
Boffey80940/
Bouffy807/
Boifey806/
Boufay801/
Bowfay800/
Bowfoy800/
Bofa75774/
Bofi75661/
Bofe75449/
Bafy7515/
Befy7511/
Bofí754/
Bofj753/
Vofy751/
Bofè751/
Bouffay73274/
Bouffey7314/
Boufays731/
Boufaya731/
Bofio677,925/
Boffa676,938/
Boffi672,491/
Boufi67966/
Boofi67431/
Bofii67261/
Boffe67226/
Beffy67202/
Boffé67130/
Baffy67127/
Bofei67120/
Boofa6769/
Bofoi6741/
Befay6738/
Bofie6735/
Boufa6730/
Bofee6728/
Bafoy6727/
Boofe6722/
Boufe6715/
Boife6715/
Bhofa6714/
Bofer6713/
Bofes678/
Boľfa677/
Bafay675/
Bofoa675/
Bofed674/
Mpofy674/
Bofea674/
Befoy674/
Boefe673/
Boifa673/
Baafy673/
Bofit672/
Béfay671/
Bofje671/
Beefy671/
Bhofe671/
Bafey671/
Wosfy671/
Bofeh671/
Bofis671/
Boifi671/
Botfi671/
Boufè671/
Batfy671/
Woofy671/
Boufeych671/
Bhofi671/
Vofyy671/
Wofyy671/
Uovfy671/
Bosfj671/
Bosfe670/
Bophy670/

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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 Bofy
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