Sarufu Surname

899,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sarufu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sarufu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2031:260,79620,874
Nigeria551:3,220,77797,902
Zimbabwe351:441,09338,294
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Sarufu (29) may also be a first name.

Sarufu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sarufu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sarufu (Hindi: सरूफू) occurs most in Tanzania. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarufu? popularity and diffusion

Sarufu is the 899,940th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 24,537,192 people. The last name Sarufu is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sarufu reside; 68 percent reside in East Africa and 68 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sarufu is also the 1,951,561st most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 29 people.

This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 203 people, or 1 in 260,796. In Tanzania Sarufu is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 42 percent live, Iringa Region, where 27 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 25 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sharufu922/
Saroufou861/
Sharufau861/
Jarufu83817/
Sarifu83205/
Serufu838/
Sharifu774,724/
Sserufu772/
Sariffu772/
Jaarufu771/
Shariffu715/
Sharrifu713/
Sahriffu711/
Seroufou711/
Serifu67161/
Zarifu677/
Sharriffu672/
Sherifu62108/
Seriffu627/
Sehrifu621/
Sariphu621/
Sheriffu575/
Sheerifu571/
Zarifujh571/
Sherrifu571/
Sharifhu571/
Sherifuh571/
Zerifu5010/
Šerifu501/

Sarufu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sarufu in the Hindi language
सरूफूsaruphu50
सरूफुsaruphu50

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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
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  • 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 Sarufu
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