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
The last name Arufa (Hindi: आरुफा, Russian: Аруфа) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Arufa.
How Common Is The Last Name Arufa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,580,327th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Arufa live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 166,134th most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 2,060 people.
Arufa is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 28 percent reside, Lagos, where 28 percent reside and Oyo, where 20 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.
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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