Bwefar Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Bwefar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bwefar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1051:1,259,51688,308
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797

Bwefar Last Name Facts

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

Bwefar occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bwefar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwefar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bwefar is the 1,727,723rd most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Bwefar are found; 94 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 1,259,516. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Papua, where 99 percent live and West Papua, where 1 percent live. Not including Indonesia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buefar8316/
Bouefard712/
Boueffard6716/
Buefor671/
Bwifor671/
Bueford6275/
Buefort6218/
Bueffor621/
Buefford570/
Buesford570/
Buifor5010/

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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 Bwefar
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