Maarufa Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Maarufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Maarufa (208) may also be a first name.
Maarufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maarufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maarufa (Hindi: मशरूफा) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Maarufa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maarufa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maarufa live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 627,410th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 208 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 89 percent live and Kaduna, where 11 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maarufa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maarufa in the Hindi language | ||
| मशरूफा | masarupha | - |
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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 Maarufa
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