Rufar Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Rufar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rufar (14) may also be a first name.
Rufar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rufar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rufar is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rufar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,057,639th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Rufar reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 14 people.
Rufar is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 38 percent reside, Ondo, where 23 percent reside and Kaduna, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Rufar is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rufart | 91 | 15 | / |
| Roufar | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ruifar | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ruffar | 91 | 2 | / |
| Rufard | 91 | 0 | / |
| Roufart | 83 | 16 | / |
| Rouhfar | 83 | 9 | / |
| Rushfar | 83 | 9 | / |
| Rousfar | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ruffart | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rifar | 80 | 346 | / |
| Rufor | 80 | 10 | / |
| Rouffart | 77 | 161 | / |
| Rouhfard | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rauffard | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rhifar | 73 | 9 | / |
| Rusfor | 73 | 4 | / |
| Rifair | 73 | 3 | / |
| Riffar | 73 | 3 | / |
| Rufort | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ruford | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ruphar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Roufor | 73 | 0 | / |
| Rufford | 67 | 113 | / |
| Rutford | 67 | 59 | / |
| Rusford | 67 | 46 | / |
| Ruphard | 67 | 39 | / |
| Raufort | 67 | 20 | / |
| Rudford | 67 | 12 | / |
| Rufoord | 67 | 1 | / |
| Roufort | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rushfor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruffour | 67 | 0 | / |
| Reuford | 67 | 0 | / |
| Reufore | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Rufar
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