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) has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bufa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 860,770th most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 68 percent of Bufa are found; 66 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 66 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,223,525th most frequent forename worldwide, held by 64 people.
The surname Bufa is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 484,393. In The Philippines Bufa is primarily concentrated in: Bicol, where 74 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 12 percent are found and Central Luzon, where 11 percent are found. Barring The Philippines it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 22 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found.
Bufa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bufa has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 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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