Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Transfer of securities between levels of fair value hierarchy	$ 0	$ 0
Days from origination after which mortgage loans are sold	30 days
Amount of non-financial assets (liabilities) measured at fair value on a recurring basis	$ 0	0
Non-financial assets or liabilities for which no impairment was provided		$ 0
Customer Related Intangibles [Member] \| BancFirst Insurance Services, Inc. [Member]
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets	$ 353,000

Non financial assets liabilities for which no impairment provided.

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Amount of non-financial assets (liabilities) measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

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Amount of transfers of financial instrument classified as a liability into (out of) level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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The amount of impairment loss recognized in the period resulting from the write-down of the carrying amount of a finite-lived intangible asset to fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118932676&loc=d3e3602-108585

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16373-109275

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