Rufian Surname
Approximately 779 people bear this surname
Rufian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 727 | 1:64,308 | 5,800 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Rufián (13) are calculated separately.
Rufian (59) may also be a first name.
Rufian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rufian Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rufian is held by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Rufián. For other potential spellings of Rufian click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rufian? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 439,664th most common family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 9,355,001 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Rufian live; 93 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 93 percent live in Iberian Europe. It is also the 1,282,666th most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 59 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is borne by 727 people, or 1 in 64,308. In Spain Rufian is primarily concentrated in: Andalusia, where 51 percent live, Catalonia, where 23 percent live and Madrid, where 18 percent live. Apart from Spain it exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Rufian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Rufian has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rufian last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Rufian
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