Harufa Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Harufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Harufa (33) may also be a first name.
Harufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Harufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Harufa (Hindi: हरूफा) is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Harufa? popularity and diffusion
Harufa is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Harufa occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Harufa live; 58 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 33 people.
Harufa is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 3,078,660. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Tana River County, where 60 percent are found, Kilifi County, where 27 percent are found and Isiolo County, where 7 percent are found. Barring Kenya it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and Nigeria, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Harufa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Harufa in the Hindi language | ||
| हरूफा | harupha | 60 |
| हरुफा | harupha | 40 |
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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 Harufa
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