Rufete Surname

409,211th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 854 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Rufete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rufete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain8441:55,3935,109
France41:16,605,680368,153
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rufete (19) may also be a first name.

Rufete Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rufete is found most frequently in Spain. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rufete? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rufete is the 409,211th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 8,533,426 people. Rufete is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Rufete reside; 99 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 99 percent reside in Iberian Europe. Rufete is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 19 people.

The surname Rufete is most prevalent in Spain, where it is borne by 844 people, or 1 in 55,393. In Spain Rufete is most prevalent in: Valencian Community, where 59 percent reside, Murcia, where 27 percent reside and Catalonia, where 6 percent reside. Barring Spain this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rufet9155/
Ruffet83967/
Roufet8330/
Raufet834/
Rufeet833/
Rufate832/
Rufite831/
Rifete831/
Rouffet77513/
Rauffet77262/
Ruffett77170/
Roufett7724/
Hruffet773/
Roufeet771/
Roufeed771/
Raufeed771/
Ruffeet770/
Rufed732/
Rufit731/
Ruffetta7118/
Ruffetti718/
Roufetth712/
Rouffett711/
Roufffet711/
Raufetti711/
Rufita6775/
Rauffetti678/
Rifate673/
Ruffit671/
Rufied671/

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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 Rufete
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