Rufahi Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Rufahi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 109 | 1:1,625,163 | 60,488 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rufahi (49) may also be a first name.
Rufahi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rufahi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rufahi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rufahi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rufahi is the 1,746,159th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Rufahi are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most widely held first name globally, borne by 49 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 1,625,163. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kwara, where 27 percent are found, Sokoto, where 17 percent are found and Niger, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Rufahi is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roufahi | 92 | 34 | / |
| Rifahi | 83 | 37 | / |
| Rufa'i | 83 | 20 | / |
| Rufaui | 83 | 3 | / |
| Roufa'i | 77 | 33 | / |
| Rufaiye | 77 | 4 | / |
| Riffahi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Roufaui | 77 | 2 | / |
| Rufae | 73 | 24 | / |
| Rouffa'i | 71 | 5 | / |
| Rifa'i | 67 | 109 | / |
| Rifaei | 67 | 46 | / |
| Rifaeh | 67 | 32 | / |
| Rufaee | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ruffae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rufaaee | 62 | 1 | / |
| Rifaaie | 62 | 1 | / |
| Roufoui | 62 | 1 | / |
| Roufoua | 62 | 1 | / |
| Riphahi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Rouffaer | 57 | 157 | / |
| Rifae | 55 | 542 | / |
| Rifaee | 50 | 56 | / |
| Rifaey | 50 | 21 | / |
| Rifa'e | 50 | 3 | / |
| Riffae | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Rufahi
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