Furayi Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Furayi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Furayi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2991:51,6337,864
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Furayi (19) may also be a first name.

Furayi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Furayi is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Furayi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 874,560th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 23,584,291 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Furayi live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 19 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 299 people, or 1 in 51,633. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 40 percent reside, Harare Province, where 29 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fourayi921/
Furay91608/
Furai91239/
Pfuurayi8610/
Furaih83638/
Fouray83132/
Furaya8340/
Furaye8325/
Feuray8325/
Furoyi8312/
Furray838/
Pfurai837/
Furais837/
Furaji834/
Forayi833/
Furaii832/
Furait831/
Furayu831/
Furyia831/
Furzai831/
Furayo831/
Furaij831/
Furays831/
Furaid831/
Furayh831/
Furgai831/
Feutray7736/
Fautrai7734/
Pfuurai7715/
Forrayi7712/
Fautray779/
Furaish774/
Fouraye772/
Fauraie771/
Furahia771/
Furraya771/
Fourgai771/
Foray739,913/
Furui739,390/
Furey737,362/
Furie73650/
Forai73408/
Furau73248/
Furoy73105/
Furaa7383/
Furoi7356/
Vuray7352/
Furye7349/
Vurai7345/
Furij7325/
Furoa737/
Furei735/
Furea734/
Furuy731/
Furae730/
Fautrait7118/
Fuggirai712/
Fgourgai711/
Furuyaya711/
Furuya67113,194/
Fourie6791,698/
Faurie675,182/
Forrai672,390/
Furiya671,280/
Forray671,140/
Foraji67928/
Fourey67374/
Furrey67325/
Furuji67197/
Furrie67165/
Furois67104/
Furzey67103/
Furuie6768/
Foraie6754/
Forayo6747/
Fouraa6736/
Feurey6733/
Furaus6732/
Fuhrey6728/
Fauroy6727/
Vuraya6723/
Furuia6715/
Fureid6714/
Fureha6714/
Fureis6713/
Furroy679/
Furaut676/
Forhay676/
Furiye676/
Forzay676/
Forzai676/
Furuye675/
Furaja675/
Vauray675/
Foraya674/
Furoji674/
Furije674/
Fourau673/
Fureya673/
Futrey672/
Furija672/
Foraih672/
Furuyo672/
Fureih672/
Fouraj671/
Fouroy671/
Fuhrae671/
Fureui671/
Furgey671/
Furhey671/
Vurray671/
Furoya671/
Furaju671/
Fourei671/
Furaud671/
Faurey671/
Foryie671/
Fourye671/
Furiji671/
Fuuraa671/
Furoja671/
Furrye670/
Phuray670/
Fuhrie670/

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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 Furayi
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