Karufu Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Karufu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Karufu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karufu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karufu is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karufu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Karufu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Karufu live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 857,680. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 56 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 39 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 6 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 30 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.
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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 Karufu
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