Marufa Surname
Approximately 29,720 people bear this surname
Marufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 29,198 | 1:5,458 | 505 |
| Tanzania | 222 | 1:238,476 | 19,490 |
| Indonesia | 125 | 1:1,057,994 | 76,813 |
| India | 98 | 1:7,827,198 | 166,253 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Marufa (208,614) may also be a first name.
Marufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Marufa (Bengali: মারুফা, Hindi: मारूफा, Marathi: मारुफा, Oriya: ମାରୁଫା) occurs most in Bangladesh. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Marufa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Marufa is the 18,547th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 245,207 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Marufa are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Marufa is also the 5,004th most common first name in the world, borne by 208,614 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 29,198 people, or 1 in 5,458. Without taking into account Bangladesh this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Marufa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marufa in the Bengali language | ||
| মারুফা | marupha | 94.12 |
| মারূফা | marupha | 5.88 |
| Marufa in the Hindi language | ||
| मारूफा | marupha | 68.16 |
| मारुफा | marupha | 26.53 |
| मरूफा | marupha | 2.45 |
| मरुफा | marupha | 1.63 |
| मारुफ़ा | marufa | 0.82 |
| मारूफ | marupha | 0.41 |
| Marufa in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାରୁଫା | marupha | 66.67 |
| ମରୁଫା | marupha | 33.33 |
| Marufa in the Marathi language | ||
| मारुफा | marupha | 64.71 |
| मारूफा | marupha | 15.69 |
| मारुफ | marupha | 5.88 |
| मरुफा | marupha | 5.88 |
| मरूफा | marupha | 3.92 |
| मारुख | marukha | 1.96 |
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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 Marufa
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