Rufutu Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Rufutu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 110 | 1:481,287 | 32,644 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rufutu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rufutu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rufutu is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rufutu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,727,723rd most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Rufutu are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 481,287. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Mwanza Region, where 99 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Rufutu
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