Rufah Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Rufah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 256 | 1:516,598 | 42,062 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Rufah (95) may also be a first name.
Rufah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rufah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rufah is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rufah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rufah is the 968,490th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. Rufah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Rufah are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 974,243rd most widely held given name in the world, borne by 95 people.
The last name Rufah is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 516,598. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: East Java, where 71 percent reside, Central Java, where 13 percent reside and West Java, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Rufah
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