Surufa Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Maldives
Highest density in:
Maldives

Surufa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Surufa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Maldives31:134,7244,057
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Surufa (215) may also be a first name.

Surufa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Surufa (Bengali: সুরুফা, Hindi: सुरुफा) occurs in The Maldives more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Surufa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Surufa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Surufa are found; 60 percent are found in South Asia and 60 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 616,131st most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 215 people.

Surufa is most commonly held in The Maldives, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 134,724. In The Maldives Surufa is most frequent in: Noonu Atoll, where 33 percent live, Raa Atoll, where 33 percent live and Vaavu Atoll, where 33 percent live. Aside from The Maldives Surufa exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shurufa9219/
Shurufaa861/
Surifa8335/
Sorufa834/
Surufi832/
Zurufa831/
Surifah77209/
Shirufa7726/
Surifai778/
Shorufa771/
Shirufau711/
Souroufi711/
Shirufaa711/
Zurifa6744/
Souroufis678/
Zorufa671/
Schurufer671/
Zurufi671/
Suripha62149/
Shirifa626/
Zurhufi622/
Shorufi621/
Zuhroefa5714/
Zouroufi571/
Zouroufe571/
Cirufo501/

Surufa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Surufa in the Bengali language
সুরুফাsurupha-
Surufa in the Hindi language
सुरुफाsurupha-

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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 Surufa
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