Rufura Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Rufura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 142 | 1:108,720 | 15,015 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Rufura (18) may also be a first name.
Rufura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rufura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rufura is found most in Zimbabwe. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rufura? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rufura is the 1,465,390th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. Rufura is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rufura reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Rufura is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent given name in the world, borne by 18 people.
Rufura is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 108,720. In Zimbabwe Rufura is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 33 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 18 percent are found and Harare Province, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 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 Rufura
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