Bufé Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Australia

Bufé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bufé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Bufe (1,192), Büfé (1) & Büfe (4) are calculated separately.

Bufé Last Name Facts

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

Bufé has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can occur as a variant: Bufe, Büfé or Büfe. For other potential spellings of Bufé click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bufé? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most widespread family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Bufé occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Bufé are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Bufé is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Bufé is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 33 percent reside, Gauteng, where 33 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 33 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 33 percent reside and Germany, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bufe921,192/
Büfé921/
Buffé893/
Büfe834/
Bouffé8049/
Bufi753,386/
Bufa75316/
Bufí7520/
Bufy751/
Bouffée731/
Buffa6713,726/
Baufa673,850/
Boufi67966/
Buffi67931/
Buffe67862/
Buffy67260/
Bufis67244/
Bušfy6798/
Bufaj6793/
Busfy6753/
Bufea6748/
Bufai6738/
Boufa6730/
Bufet6729/
Busfi6728/
Bufer6727/
Boufe6715/
Beufe679/
Baufi676/
Bupfa674/
Baufe672/
Buife672/
Bufee671/
Bufay671/
Bufoj671/
Boufè671/
Bufey671/
Bufeh671/
Buifi671/
Bufoy671/
Buefe671/
Butfi671/
Buufe671/
Buffá671/
Boufy671/

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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 Bufé
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