Buffier Surname

698,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 422 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Australia

Buffier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buffier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2921:227,47535,284
Australia1231:219,47721,009
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
England11:55,718,059489,080
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Buffier Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buffier is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buffier? popularity and diffusion

The last name Buffier is the 698,433rd most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 17,269,066 people. The last name Buffier occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Buffier are found; 69 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most common in France, where it is held by 292 people, or 1 in 227,475. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Occitanie, where 43 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 26 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 15 percent reside. Beside France this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bouffier931,005/
Buffiere93661/
Buffer92362/
Buffie92281/
Bouffiere888/
Bufferd8647/
Buffert8646/
Buffehr8618/
Buffiet8618/
Bouffie864/
Buffire861/
Bufiere861/
Boufier861/
Buffere861/
Bueffer860/
Bufer8327/
Bouffies8025/
Buffière8015/
Buffeire804/
Buffeyre801/
Bauhffer801/
Bouffire801/
Boufir77133/
Bufere7711/
Buferd779/
Baufer773/
Boufer773/
Boufie772/
Bufert772/
Butfer771/
Büffer771/
Bufire771/
Buefer771/
Bufird771/
Beufer770/
Buifer770/
Bouffière752/
Boudfir71209/
Bouferd71136/
Beuffre7144/
Buthfer7123/
Boudfer7121/
Bousfer7114/
Boufere7111/
Bouhfer715/
Bufajer714/
Mpuffer713/
Bouferh712/
Budfire711/
Bufertt711/
Bouffée711/
Beufeur711/
Bieffer711/
Boutfir711/
Boufert710/
Boufird710/
Beuferd710/
Bouchfer67416/
Buferova675/
Boudfeur672/
Vufer671/
Boussfir671/
Bouffiès671/
Bouferre671/
Bouchfir671/
Boussfer671/
Buchfire671/

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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 Buffier
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