Boufari Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Boufari Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boufari Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger101:1,919,20237,248
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Boufari (21) may also be a first name.

Boufari Last Name Facts

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

The last name Boufari is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Boufari? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,307,654th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Boufari are found; 48 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Boufari is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 21 people.

Boufari is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 1,919,202. In Niger it is mostly found in: Dosso Region, where 80 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 10 percent live and Tillabéri Region, where 10 percent live. Apart from Niger this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Tunisia, where 24 percent live and Algeria, where 14 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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  • 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 Boufari
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