Abarufa Surname

835,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Abarufa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abarufa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3291:140,36411,372
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Abarufa (12) may also be a first name.

Abarufa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abarufa is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abarufa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 835,661st most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 22,083,472 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Abarufa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 12 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 329 people, or 1 in 140,364. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Tana River County, where 97 percent are found, Kilifi County, where 1 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 1 percent are found. Besides Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 0 percent are found.

Abarufa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Abarufa last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Abarufa
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