Arufai Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Arufai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 99 | 1:155,942 | 19,667 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Arufai (13) may also be a first name.
Arufai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arufai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arufai is found most in Zimbabwe. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Arufai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arufai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,839,022nd most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Arufai reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent given name in the world, held by 13 people.
The last name Arufai is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 155,942. In Zimbabwe Arufai is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 25 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 24 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe Arufai occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Arufai
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