Bonifance Surname

580,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Bonifance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bonifance Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5321:99,5149,810
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Bonifance (3,522) may also be a first name.

Bonifance Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bonifance is found most in Tanzania. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bonifance? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bonifance is the 580,291st most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,470,510 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bonifance reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 119,524th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 3,522 people.

Bonifance is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 532 people, or 1 in 99,514. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Manyara Region, where 84 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 15 percent are found and Kagera Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bonefance8918/
Bonifonce891/
Bonyfance891/
Boniphance84198/
Bonifansi789/
Bonephance742/
Bonefansi672/
Bonephancy63107/
Bonefons5932/
Bonnefons56104/

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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 Bonifance
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