Buffière Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Buffière Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buffière Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France131:5,109,440259,941
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Buffiere (661) are calculated separately.

Buffière Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buffière has its highest incidence in France. It can appear as: Buffiere. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buffière? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,057,639th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Buffière live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 5,109,440. In France it is primarily found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 62 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 15 percent reside and Occitanie, where 15 percent reside. Besides France this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buffiere96661/
Bouffière942/
Buffire931/
Buffeire884/
Bouffire881/
Bufire861/
Buffieres8221/
Bouffiere828/
Buffier80422/
Buffrey80171/
Beuffre8044/
Buffere801/
Bufiere801/
Bouffier751,005/
Bouffare75131/
Bouaffre7528/
Bufferie753/
Buffurie752/
Bouvière752/
Beffiore751/
Buffeyre751/
Biffiere751/
Buffer71362/
Boufir71133/
Beffre71105/
Buffry7176/
Buffereau7154/
Baufre7115/
Bufore7115/
Bufere7111/
Beauvière719/
Buffar715/
Bièvre714/
Bafire712/
Buffor711/
Buffaiari711/
Boiffiere711/
Bffare711/
Bofire711/
Buffur710/
Bouffar671,892/
Buffery67589/
Baffrey67189/
Buffara67174/
Bouafre6783/
Beffrey6782/
Beaufre6752/
Bavière6739/
Bofirie6721/
Beffare6719/
Buffehr6718/
Bfir6715/
Bafirie6715/
Bouafir6713/
Boufere6711/
Boufira676/
Baffare675/
Bévière674/
Bufferi674/
Bafwire674/
Baffore673/
Baffiri673/
Bouvire672/
Bouifir671/
Buffaro671/
Bifiore671/
Beffore671/
Buffero671/
Boufier671/
Bueffor671/
Baffiro671/
Bafiure671/
Bauffor671/
Biofire671/
Bfre671/
Bufr671/
Bovière671/
Bufaure671/
Buffary671/
By Fire671/
Buviere671/
Beffere671/
Befiore671/
Beuffor671/
Bauffur671/
Bueffer670/
Beufore670/
Bufforo670/
Boffrey670/

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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 Buffière
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