Wufu Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Wufu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wufu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan581:404,2203,133
China351:39,066,3302,096
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Wufu (658) may also be a first name.

Wufu Last Name Facts

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

Wufu is borne by more people in Taiwan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wufu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,894,523rd most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name Wufu occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Wufu reside; 97 percent reside in East Asia and 97 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 323,699th most frequently used forename globally, held by 658 people.

The surname Wufu is most commonly held in Taiwan, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 404,220. In Taiwan Wufu is most frequent in: New Taipei City, where 26 percent are found, Taichung City, where 19 percent are found and Kaohsiung City, where 14 percent are found. Beside Taiwan it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in China, where 36 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wufus891/
Woufou802/
Bufu75624/
Vufu751/
Wifu751/
Bufuh679/
Baufu674/
Buffu672/
Buifu671/
Vufeu671/
Boufeu6016/
Boufou6014/
Buffou603/
Beufeu602/
Voufou601/
Wiefuh601/
Vifu501/

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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 Wufu
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