Rufingo Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Rufingo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 70 | 1:756,309 | 41,721 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
Rufingo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rufingo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rufingo is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rufingo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,980,395th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rufingo live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Rufingo is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 756,309. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 86 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 13 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rufino | 92 | 134,220 | / |
| Ruffino | 86 | 9,730 | / |
| Rufinoz | 86 | 23 | / |
| Roufino | 86 | 12 | / |
| Raufino | 86 | 11 | / |
| Rufinos | 86 | 5 | / |
| Rujfino | 86 | 3 | / |
| Reufino | 86 | 2 | / |
| Rrufino | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rufinho | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rufinga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rufhino | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rufingah | 80 | 23 | / |
| Ruffinot | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rufina | 77 | 877 | / |
| Rufiño | 77 | 26 | / |
| Rufeno | 77 | 4 | / |
| Rufyno | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ruffinott | 75 | 10 | / |
| Rouffinga | 75 | 0 | / |
| Ruffeno | 71 | 47 | / |
| Ruffina | 71 | 37 | / |
| Raufina | 71 | 14 | / |
| Roufina | 71 | 3 | / |
| Rufaina | 71 | 3 | / |
| Reufina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ruufina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ruffinah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruphinos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Roufenho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Roufigna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruffinas | 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
- 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 Rufingo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis