Bonface Surname
Approximately 4,455 people bear this surname
Bonface Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,611 | 1:17,687 | 2,108 |
| Malawi | 1,281 | 1:13,364 | 2,088 |
| Tanzania | 450 | 1:117,648 | 11,268 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Zimbabwe | 50 | 1:308,765 | 30,783 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bonface (84,799) may also be a first name.
Bonface Demographics
Bonface Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Bonface Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonface Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bonface occurs most in Kenya. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonface? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 105,146th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,635,813 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bonface reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 11,784th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 84,799 people.
The surname Bonface is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 2,611 people, or 1 in 17,687. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 11 percent live, Kisii County, where 10 percent live and Kitui County, where 9 percent live. Apart from Kenya this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 29 percent live and Tanzania, where 10 percent live.
Bonface Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Bonface surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Bonface
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