Marfu Surname

659,458th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 456 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Marfu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marfu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia4101:322,55928,296
Argentina211:2,035,401100,871
Afghanistan71:4,593,31223,122
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Marfu (916) may also be a first name.

Marfu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Marfu (Hindi: मरफू) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Marfu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Marfu is the 659,458th most numerous family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. The surname Marfu occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Marfu reside; 90 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 90 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Marfu is also the 267,824th most commonly held forename globally, held by 916 people.

The surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 410 people, or 1 in 322,559. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: West Java, where 78 percent live, Lampung, where 10 percent live and Banten, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 5 percent live and Afghanistan, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Marfut9194/
Marfud9135/
Marfou9124/
Maarfu912/
Marfus912/
Marfouz8321/
Marfaux8320/
Marfoud836/
Mayrefu831/
Marfuis830/
Merfu80240/
Morfu80114/
Marfuggi77155/
Marfouss772/
Mahrfoud771/
Morfou7345/
Marfoe7333/
Morfeu7324/
Marphu733/
Morfus733/
Mourfu731/
Mourfou67849/
Morfaux6721/
Morfaut6712/
Marphus671/
Mourfout621/
Morfú603/
Morfù601/
Morphou50221/
Morphus5051/
Morpheu505/
Morphut500/

Marfu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Marfu in the Hindi language
मरफूmaraphu-

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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 Marfu
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