Boufang Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Boufang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 245 | 1:84,772 | 10,298 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 1:126,186 | 322 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Boufang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boufang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boufang is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boufang? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 998,609th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Boufang reside; 75 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 84,772. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 30 percent are found, West Region, where 20 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Equatorial Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Boufang
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