Bufa Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Bufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 209 | 1:484,393 | 57,696 |
| Cameroon | 70 | 1:296,701 | 27,784 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Bufa (64) may also be a first name.
Bufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bufa (Russian: Буфа) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bufa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bufa is the 860,770th most widespread last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 68 percent of Bufa live; 66 percent live in Southeast Asia and 66 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Bufa is also the 1,223,525th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 64 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 484,393. In The Philippines it is most common in: Bicol, where 74 percent live, National Capital Region, where 12 percent live and Central Luzon, where 11 percent live. Aside from The Philippines this surname is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 22 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
Bufa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bufa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bufa surname decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bufa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bufa in the Russian language | ||
| Буфа | bufa | - |
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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 Bufa
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