Vurayayi Surname
Approximately 2,376 people bear this surname
Vurayayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2,362 | 1:6,536 | 714 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Vurayayi (1,226) may also be a first name.
Vurayayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vurayayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vurayayi has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vurayayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 179,531st most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 3,067,149 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Vurayayi live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 225,965th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 1,226 people.
Vurayayi is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 2,362 people, or 1 in 6,536. In Zimbabwe Vurayayi is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 49 percent live, Midlands Province, where 22 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 11 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 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 Vurayayi
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