Nguruwe Surname
Approximately 2,002 people bear this surname
Nguruwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,829 | 1:28,946 | 3,457 |
| Zimbabwe | 169 | 1:91,351 | 13,091 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nguruwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nguruwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nguruwe is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nguruwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Nguruwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nguruwe is the 206,890th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,640,133 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nguruwe are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,829 people, or 1 in 28,946. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 57 percent live, Lindi Region, where 16 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 8 percent live. Barring Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuruwe | 92 | 285 | / |
| Guruwe | 92 | 34 | / |
| Nguruve | 86 | 1,309 | / |
| Ngurube | 86 | 470 | / |
| Nguruwi | 86 | 237 | / |
| Nuruwet | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nuruwes | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nuruwep | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nguruwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngurubhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Guruve | 77 | 149 | / |
| Gurube | 77 | 120 | / |
| Guruwa | 77 | 88 | / |
| Nuruwa | 77 | 19 | / |
| Guruwi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Noruwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Guruhwa | 71 | 10 | / |
| Ngurubi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ghoruwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guruway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guruwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nguruva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngorowe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guruvesh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gourouwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngorowei | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nguruwe
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