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
The surname Arufai is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Arufai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,839,022nd most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Arufai reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Arufai is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 13 people.
Arufai is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 155,942. In Zimbabwe Arufai is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 25 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 24 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 20 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this last name is found in one country. It is also common 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
- 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 Arufai
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