Bonifce Surname

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

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Chad

Bonifce Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bonifce Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Bonifce (35) may also be a first name.

Bonifce Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bonifce is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bonifce? popularity and diffusion

Bonifce is the 5,812,366th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Bonifce are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 35 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Bonifce is most common in: Lagos, where 50 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 13 percent are found and Benue, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 9 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bonifhce931/
Bonnifce931/
Bonifs771/
Bongewfke631/
Botnevs571/
Bonefst571/
Vonibsch537/
Boniowki531/
Bounebzi531/
Banefjee531/

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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 Bonifce
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