Bourfane Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Bourfane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 159 | 1:130,623 | 14,745 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Bourfane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourfane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bourfane is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourfane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bourfane is the 1,348,199th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bourfane live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
Bourfane is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 130,623. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: North Region, where 51 percent are found, Far North Region, where 28 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 3 percent are found and Chad, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bourfan | 93 | 10 | / |
| Bourfang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Burfaine | 88 | 0 | / |
| Burfan | 86 | 17 | / |
| Borfan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bourfoune | 82 | 274 | / |
| Burfani | 80 | 49 | / |
| Burfine | 80 | 28 | / |
| Burfaan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Barfane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Burfank | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bourfoun | 75 | 137 | / |
| Borfoune | 75 | 4 | / |
| Burfaind | 75 | 0 | / |
| Burfanova | 71 | 41 | / |
| Barfan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bourphean | 71 | 1 | / |
| Borfon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Burfon | 71 | 0 | / |
| Burfein | 67 | 42 | / |
| Barfani | 67 | 4 | / |
| Borffon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Borfaim | 67 | 2 | / |
| Burphan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bourfeindt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burfong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Barfand | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bourfane
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