Furaya Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Furaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 33 | 1:1,604,291 | 47,186 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Furaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Furaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Furaya (Marathi: फुरया) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Furaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Furaya live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 1,604,291. In Tanzania Furaya is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 97 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Furaya is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 13 percent live and Peru, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Furaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Furaya in the Marathi language | ||
| फुरया | phuraya | - |
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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 Furaya
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