Rufous Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Rufous Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Rufous (140) may also be a first name.
Rufous Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rufous Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rufous is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Rufous click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rufous? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Rufous occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Rufous are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rufous is also the 781,395th most common first name internationally, held by 140 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ekiti, where 25 percent are found, Abia, where 20 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Rufous
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