Rufai Surname
Approximately 64,489 people bear this surname
Rufai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58,235 | 1:3,042 | 400 |
| Ghana | 4,849 | 1:5,572 | 783 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Zimbabwe | 248 | 1:62,251 | 9,387 |
| England | 223 | 1:249,857 | 20,242 |
| United States | 138 | 1:2,626,514 | 158,538 |
| Indonesia | 78 | 1:1,695,502 | 110,645 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Iceland | 13 | 1:29,238 | 2,297 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Rufai (49,634) may also be a first name.
Rufai Demographics
Average Rufai Salary in
United States
$48,837 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Rufai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rufai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rufai (Russian: Руфаи) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Rufai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rufai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,794th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 113,004 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Rufai are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 18,613th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 49,634 people.
Rufai is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 58,235 people, or 1 in 3,042. In Nigeria Rufai is primarily found in: Lagos, where 11 percent live, Kano, where 9 percent live and Katsina, where 8 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 46 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 8 percent live and Togo, where 1 percent live.
Rufai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (89%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Rufai last name are 39.08% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.31% being registered with the party.
Rufai earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.18% more than the national average, earning $48,837 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rufai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rufai in the Russian language | ||
| Руфаи | rufai | - |
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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 Rufai
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