Galufu Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Galufu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galufu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe601:257,30427,433
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Galufu Last Name Facts

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

Galufu is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Galufu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,136,387th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Galufu live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 257,304. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 43 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 43 percent live and Midlands Province, where 10 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 12 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alufu9122/
Alufus8318/
Aloufou7730/
Alufeus7718/
Ghalifu771/
Olufu7358/
Alloufou71154/
Aloufouh711/
Allouffou6720/
Alufoo677/
Ahloufous671/
Aluphu671/
Gelifu671/
Olufau671/
Aluufoo621/
Ailufoo621/
Aliufoo621/
Galifau621/
Allouphou5319/

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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 Galufu
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