Fufu Surname
Approximately 1,208 people bear this surname
Fufu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 422 | 1:128,383 | 15,068 |
| Tanzania | 225 | 1:235,296 | 19,277 |
| Indonesia | 218 | 1:606,648 | 48,159 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Lesotho | 84 | 1:24,197 | 4,874 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Fufu (1,366) may also be a first name.
Fufu Demographics
Average Fufu Salary in
South Africa
R 88,080
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Fufu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fufu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fufu (Russian: Фуфу) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Fufu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fufu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 311,581st most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 6,032,737 people. The last name Fufu occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Fufu live; 43 percent live in Southern Africa and 43 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Fufu is also the 212,002nd most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,366 people.
The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 422 people, or 1 in 128,383. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 58 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent reside and Western Cape, where 15 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 19 percent reside and Indonesia, where 18 percent reside.
Fufu Last Name Statistics demography
Fufu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.94% less than the national average, earning R 88,080 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuefu | 89 | 226 | / |
| Fuufu | 89 | 49 | / |
| Fufus | 89 | 9 | / |
| Faufu | 89 | 5 | / |
| Fufut | 89 | 2 | / |
| Fufui | 89 | 1 | / |
| Foufu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Foufou | 80 | 1,323 | / |
| Feufeu | 80 | 132 | / |
| Faufau | 80 | 50 | / |
| Fuifui | 80 | 26 | / |
| Pfupfu | 80 | 14 | / |
| Fuffus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fuefuh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foufuh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Feufou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vufu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hfgufuj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Feufeuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fouffou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vufeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phufu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fauchfaux | 62 | 1 | / |
| Voufou | 60 | 1 | / |
| Faufoo | 60 | 1 | / |
| Fifu | 50 | 58 | / |
| Vifu | 50 | 1 | / |
Fufu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fufu in the Russian language | ||
| Фуфу | fufu | - |
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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 Fufu
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