Bonifac Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
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Bonifac Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bonifac Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bonifac (45) may also be a first name.

Bonifac Last Name Facts

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

Bonifac is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bonifac? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Bonifac reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bonifac is also the 1,504,468th most commonly occurring given name globally It is held by 45 people.

Bonifac is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Abia, where 57 percent live, Benue, where 14 percent live and Ebonyi, where 14 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 9 percent live and Czechia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bonifaci93526/
Bonifache881/
Bonifaz866,771/
Bonifas863,746/
Bonifax8616/
Bonyfac861/
Bonifag861/
Bonifacová821/
Bonifaix8013/
Bonifais802/
Bonnifaz801/
Bonnifas800/
Bonefas71205/
Banifas717/
Bonifáz716/
Bonifás712/
Bonifàz711/
Bonifácová711/
Bonefaas67234/
Boniphas67221/
Boneyfas675/
Bonifeys674/
Bonifeis671/
Bonifous671/
Beaunifais591/
Bonephas539/
Bonyfeys534/
Bonnefous501,535/
Bonnefoux50766/
Bonnefois50391/
Bonnefoix5037/

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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 Bonifac
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