Boufafa Surname

587,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 532 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Boufafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boufafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria5171:74,72311,933
Belgium131:884,35769,774
France11:66,422,722504,397
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Boufafa Last Name Facts

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

Boufafa is most common in Algeria. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Boufafa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Boufafa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Boufafa is the 587,571st most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 13,698,395 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Boufafa are found; 97 percent are found in North Africa and 97 percent are found in Mahgreb.

This surname is most common in Algeria, where it is held by 517 people, or 1 in 74,723. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Skikda Province, where 42 percent live, Sétif Province, where 33 percent live and Jijel Province, where 22 percent live. Aside from Algeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bofafa921/
Bafafa7728/
Bufafi7721/
Bofafe771/
Woufafou672/
Bufa'afi671/
Bofefa62205/
Bofofe62171/
Bofofi62137/
Bofefo6228/
Bofofa6227/
Wafafa623/
Bafafi622/
Bufofe621/
Bafafá621/
Bufofeh571/
Beifoffer501/
Bophaphap501/

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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 Boufafa
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