Brifa Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Brifa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brifa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Brifa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brifa is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brifa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Brifa are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 3,002,299. Outside of Ghana it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 8 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Briffa913,833/
Brifas9121/
Brifah912/
Brifat911/
Briffaz83188/
Brifaut83119/
Brifaud834/
Briffau831/
Briffat831/
Briffas831/
Brifaux831/
Brifo80513/
Brefa8012/
Bryfa801/
Brifi801/
Brufa801/
Briffaut771,209/
Briffaud77805/
Briffaux77115/
Brifault7761/
Briffeau778/
Brufau73619/
Bruffa73226/
Briffe73143/
Briffi7355/
Breife7317/
Breffa7316/
Briefi739/
Brifer733/
Briefe732/
Breefa731/
Brifet731/
Brifou731/
Brifoz731/
Briffy731/
Bripha731/
Brufha731/
Briffault71652/
Briffeaux711/
Briffod67500/
Brisfer67115/
Briffoz6790/
Bruffau6752/
Brüfach6721/
Brefach678/
Briffer675/
Briffet673/
Briffit673/
Brioffe671/
Brefaid671/
Breffat671/
Briffot671/
Briffis670/

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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 Brifa
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