Buenafama Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uruguay
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Buenafama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buenafama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uruguay141:245,12618,218
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Buenafama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buenafama is more frequently found in Uruguay than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Buenafama click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buenafama? popularity and diffusion

Buenafama is the 4,532,898th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Buenafama occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Buenafama are found; 89 percent are found in South America and 74 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

It is most widespread in Uruguay, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 245,126. In Uruguay it is primarily concentrated in: Montevideo Department, where 93 percent live and Canelones Department, where 7 percent live. Other than Uruguay this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Benfamia820/
Benfahmia781/
Bunphama711,092/
Banafamu7138/
Banafema712/
Bunfooma711/
Beanfema711/
Banafaamu678/
Banavamah674/
Ben Fhima674/
Benfim672/
bin Afami671/
bin Hafam671/
bin Fahma671/
Benfhaima671/
Pouenfema671/
Bonfam671/
Bounphama671/

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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 Buenafama
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