Rufaiy Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Rufaiy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Rufaiy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rufaiy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rufaiy is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rufaiy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rufaiy is the 8,968,613th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Rufaiy occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Rufaiy live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Rufaiy is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Rufaiy is mostly found in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Barring Nigeria Rufaiy occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Iraq, where 25 percent live.
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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 Rufaiy
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