Buffem Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Buffem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Buffem Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Buffem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buffem is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buffem? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 11,742,229th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Buffem occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Buffem live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Buffem is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Buffem is primarily concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 50 percent reside and Nebraska, where 50 percent reside.

Buffem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Buffem has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Buffem surname fell 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buffen83200/
Buffne831/
Buffenn775/
Bouffim774/
Buffeun770/
Buffime770/
Wufem731/
Bufen730/
Buffin671,692/
Boufim67341/
Vufeme6720/
Bufeng675/
Buifen673/
Boufen671/
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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 Buffem
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