Buafai Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Buafai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Buafai Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand1021:692,533115,267
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638

Buafai (12) may also be a first name.

Buafai Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buafai occurs most in Thailand. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buafai? popularity and diffusion

The surname Buafai is the 1,806,862nd most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Buafai reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 12 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 692,533. In Thailand Buafai is most common in: Songkhla Province, where 42 percent live, Phatthalung Province, where 27 percent live and Nonthaburi Province, where 10 percent live. Barring Thailand Buafai exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buafi9125/
Buafa915/
Bouhafa772,023/
Buaphai77360/
Buafe7373/
Bwafa736/
Bbafa732/
Bouhafid71354/
Bouhafad712/
Bouhafis711/
Bouhaffa711/
Bouhafas711/
Buapha672,700/
Buafye671/
Bouhaffad671/
Bouhafaya671/
Fuafah671/
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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 Buafai
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