Bánfai Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Bánfai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 374 | 1:26,247 | 2,919 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Banfai (28) are calculated separately.
Bánfai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bánfai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bánfai is held by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Banfai. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bánfai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 761,666th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bánfai reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Hungary, where it is borne by 374 people, or 1 in 26,247. In Hungary it is most prevalent in: Baranya County, where 27 percent live, Budapest, where 23 percent live and Zala County, where 18 percent live. Other than Hungary it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banfai | 94 | 28 | / |
| Bánfi | 91 | 2,272 | / |
| Bánffi | 83 | 26 | / |
| Bonfai | 83 | 11 | / |
| Bánfay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bonfait | 77 | 18 | / |
| Banfaid | 77 | 1 | / |
| Banfi | 73 | 12,376 | / |
| Bonfa | 73 | 1,325 | / |
| Banfa | 73 | 190 | / |
| Bonfi | 73 | 31 | / |
| Bánfy | 73 | 27 | / |
| Beinfait | 71 | 1 | / |
| Banffi | 67 | 162 | / |
| Bonfis | 67 | 78 | / |
| Bánffy | 67 | 59 | / |
| Bonfio | 67 | 53 | / |
| Bonfas | 67 | 30 | / |
| Bonfad | 67 | 22 | / |
| Beinfa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bonfiz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bonfit | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bonfat | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wanfai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bonfah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Banfiz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bonfae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bonfih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baanfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bounfi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Banfio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Banfah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bonnfi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanfai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bonfoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bonfie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beinfi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bonfay | 67 | 0 | / |
| Banfay | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bánfai
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