Bonaface Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Bonaface Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Bonaface (123) may also be a first name.
Bonaface Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonaface Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bonaface is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonaface? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Bonaface are found; 38 percent are found in Southern Africa and 38 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 840,349th most common first name at a global level, borne by 123 people.
It is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Besides Malawi this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.
Bonaface Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bonaface has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonafice | 88 | 22 | / |
| Bonafacj | 88 | 10 | / |
| Bonoface | 88 | 5 | / |
| Bonafaci | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bonoiface | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bonafas | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bonafacchi | 78 | 14 | / |
| Bonafasi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bonnafas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bonnafoucie | 74 | 2 | / |
| Banafashe | 71 | 834 | / |
| Bonafosse | 71 | 32 | / |
| Bonophace | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bonnafeix | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bounafaka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bonafos | 67 | 864 | / |
| Bonofas | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bonofaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bonafós | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bonafox | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bonafous | 63 | 481 | / |
| Banafash | 63 | 146 | / |
| Bonnafos | 63 | 7 | / |
| Boneyfas | 63 | 5 | / |
| Bonnafoz | 63 | 2 | / |
| Bonnafous | 59 | 3,989 | / |
| Bounafous | 59 | 13 | / |
| Bonaffous | 59 | 1 | / |
| Bonnaffous | 56 | 75 | / |
| Bonophas | 50 | 1 | / |
| Banafous | 50 | 1 | / |
| Banaphas | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Bonaface
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