Bonyface Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Bonyface Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bonyface Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1761:1,006,49342,496
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Bonyface (621) may also be a first name.

Bonyface Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bonyface occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bonyface? popularity and diffusion

Bonyface is the 1,276,805th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname Bonyface occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bonyface live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 334,590th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 621 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 176 people, or 1 in 1,006,493. In Nigeria Bonyface is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 13 percent live, Abia, where 11 percent live and Ondo, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Haiti, where 1 percent live.

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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
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  • 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 Bonyface
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