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 occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boufang? popularity and diffusion
The last name Boufang is the 998,609th most numerous family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 28,466,976 people. The last name Boufang is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Boufang are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 71 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 245 people, or 1 in 84,772. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 30 percent live, West Region, where 20 percent live and Littoral Region, where 19 percent live. Not including Cameroon Boufang exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Equatorial Guinea, where 4 percent live and Belgium, where 0 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
- 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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