Arufani Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Arufani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 317 | 1:167,008 | 14,768 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Arufani (208) may also be a first name.
Arufani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arufani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arufani is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arufani? popularity and diffusion
It is the 855,216th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. The last name Arufani is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Arufani are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Arufani is also the 627,410th most frequently used forename on earth, borne by 208 people.
The last name Arufani is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 317 people, or 1 in 167,008. In Tanzania Arufani is most frequent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 97 percent live, Manyara Region, where 1 percent live and Tanga Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.
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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 Arufani
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