Bouafi Surname

489,550th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 677 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Bouafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bouafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco6131:56,2429,319
Algeria511:757,48141,304
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
France31:22,140,907385,998
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Bouafi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bouafi occurs more in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bouafi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 489,550th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,764,470 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bouafi live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is borne by 613 people, or 1 in 56,242. Apart from Morocco Bouafi occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Bouafi
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