Buffa Surname
Approximately 13,726 people bear this surname
Buffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 6,582 | 1:9,292 | 1,381 |
| Argentina | 3,009 | 1:14,205 | 1,275 |
| United States | 2,204 | 1:164,455 | 16,711 |
| France | 841 | 1:78,981 | 11,125 |
| Uruguay | 378 | 1:9,079 | 1,022 |
| Brazil | 226 | 1:947,232 | 33,775 |
| Paraguay | 119 | 1:60,813 | 1,663 |
| Canada | 77 | 1:478,514 | 41,057 |
| Spain | 49 | 1:954,123 | 36,393 |
| Belgium | 48 | 1:239,513 | 29,891 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Switzerland | 21 | 1:391,091 | 29,271 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Buffá (1) are calculated separately.
Buffa (181) may also be a first name.
Buffa Demographics
Average Male Buffa Height
175.08 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Buffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buffa is held by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Buffá. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Buffa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 38,332nd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 530,930 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 55 percent of Buffa reside; 48 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 48 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 677,199th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 181 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Italy, where it is carried by 6,582 people, or 1 in 9,292. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Sicily, where 42 percent reside, Piedmont, where 34 percent reside and Lombardy, where 5 percent reside. Barring Italy it occurs in 44 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 16 percent reside.
Buffa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Buffa has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 220,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Buffa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Buffa surname are 3.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.55% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Buffa earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 2.17% less than the national average, earning €29,379 per year; in South Africa they earn 46.09% more than the national average, earning R 347,172 per year; in United States they earn 13.76% more than the national average, earning $49,087 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.4% less than the national average, earning $47,995 CAD per year.
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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 Buffa
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