Arufina Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Arufina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arufina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Arufina (20) may also be a first name.

Arufina Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arufina Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Arufina is found most in Kenya. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Arufina click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arufina? popularity and diffusion

Arufina is the 10,311,814th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Arufina live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 20 people.

It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 46,179,900. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent are found and Uganda, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arufin9219/
Arifina86240/
Arufino8610/
Aarufin863/
Aruffin862/
Arufyna861/
Ariffina80102/
Arifinah8021/
Garufino801/
Aruiffin801/
Arufim771/
Arifhinaa751/
Orufino712/
Orifina711/
Aroufen711/
Arifeena675/
Arifeno571/
Orifino571/
Orifeunah501/

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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 Arufina
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