Rufain Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Rufain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Rufain (260) may also be a first name.
Rufain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rufain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rufain is found most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rufain? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Rufain occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Rufain reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 552,051st most numerous first name on earth, borne by 260 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Rufain is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 67 percent live and Osun, where 33 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 17 percent live and Haiti, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruffain | 92 | 1 | / |
| Rufaine | 92 | 1 | / |
| Rufan | 91 | 36 | / |
| Roufatin | 86 | 14 | / |
| Ruffaine | 86 | 7 | / |
| Rufaatin | 86 | 5 | / |
| Ruhfatin | 86 | 2 | / |
| Rufine | 83 | 500 | / |
| Rifain | 83 | 139 | / |
| Raufan | 83 | 47 | / |
| Rusfan | 83 | 22 | / |
| Rufien | 83 | 11 | / |
| Roufan | 83 | 7 | / |
| Rufang | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ruifan | 83 | 2 | / |
| Rufhin | 83 | 2 | / |
| Rufant | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ruffan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rufand | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ruffine | 77 | 280 | / |
| Riffain | 77 | 24 | / |
| Ruifang | 77 | 19 | / |
| Ruffien | 77 | 14 | / |
| Rifayin | 77 | 11 | / |
| Rusfine | 77 | 4 | / |
| Rufiyan | 77 | 3 | / |
| Roufane | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ruphain | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rufaiam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rufahan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rufajun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rufajan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rahufan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rufejan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ruffijn | 77 | 0 | / |
| Rifan | 73 | 5,945 | / |
| Rufanova | 71 | 194 | / |
| Rufeisen | 71 | 55 | / |
| Rouhfine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raufisen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Raufeisen | 67 | 314 | / |
| Rufene | 67 | 150 | / |
| Rifaan | 67 | 143 | / |
| Riffan | 67 | 31 | / |
| Raufam | 67 | 27 | / |
| Rifhan | 67 | 26 | / |
| Ruphan | 67 | 24 | / |
| Rif'an | 67 | 9 | / |
| Roufaã | 67 | 8 | / |
| Roofan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Roufanova | 67 | 6 | / |
| Reufeisen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ruhvan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruifuying | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rusfam | 67 | 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
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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 Rufain
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