Rufaro Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Rufaro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rufaro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe841:183,78921,931
United States111:32,950,812797,015
England61:9,286,343223,652
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Rufaro (5,868) may also be a first name.

Rufaro Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rufaro Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Rufaro (Russian: Руфаро) is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Rufaro click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rufaro? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,755,741st most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Rufaro live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Rufaro is also the 86,936th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 5,868 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 183,789. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 55 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 20 percent reside and Harare Province, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.

Rufaro Last Name Statistics demography

Rufaro earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 47.82% less than the national average, earning $22,516 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rufero835/
Roefaro77222/
Rufaras771/
Rifaroj771/
Rufforo771/
Rufaerah719/
Rufairah716/
Roufeiro711/
Rufera674/
Rifero673/
Riffero62216/
Rifera501/

Rufaro Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rufaro in the Russian language
Руфароrufaro-

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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 Rufaro
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