Arufa Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Arufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Arufa (2,060) may also be a first name.
Arufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arufa (Hindi: आरुफा, Russian: Аруфа) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arufa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,580,327th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Arufa reside; 46 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 166,134th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 2,060 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 28 percent are found, Lagos, where 28 percent are found and Oyo, where 20 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent are found and Indonesia, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arufa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arufa in the Hindi language | ||
| आरुफा | arupha | 57.89 |
| आरूफा | arupha | 21.05 |
| अरूफा | arupha | 15.79 |
| अरुफा | arupha | 5.26 |
| Arufa in the Russian language | ||
| Аруфа | arufa | - |
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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
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- 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 Arufa
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