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
The surname Bonface is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonface? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bonface is the 105,146th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,635,813 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bonface live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 11,784th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 84,799 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,611 people, or 1 in 17,687. In Kenya Bonface is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 11 percent live, Kisii County, where 10 percent live and Kitui County, where 9 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 29 percent live and Tanzania, where 10 percent live.
Bonface Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying 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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