Nuruwe Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Nuruwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 262 | 1:504,768 | 41,234 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Nuruwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nuruwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nuruwe is most common in Indonesia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nuruwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nuruwe is the 926,175th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 25,570,337 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Nuruwe are found; 90 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 262 people, or 1 in 504,768. In Indonesia it is most common in: Maluku, where 97 percent are found, West Papua, where 2 percent are found and North Maluku, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia Nuruwe occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 8 percent are found and Spain, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nguruwe | 92 | 2,002 | / |
| Nuruwet | 92 | 2 | / |
| Nuruwes | 92 | 2 | / |
| Nuruwep | 92 | 2 | / |
| Nuruw | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nuruwa | 83 | 19 | / |
| Noruwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nguruve | 77 | 1,309 | / |
| Noruwa | 67 | 415 | / |
| Nuruva | 67 | 76 | / |
| Noruve | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nurive | 67 | 5 | / |
| Norowe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nuruvi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nurowi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nurubay | 62 | 62 | / |
| Nurubai | 62 | 11 | / |
| Nurievy | 62 | 9 | / |
| Noruwai | 62 | 3 | / |
| Norouwa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nnurubi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nurievi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nurubhai | 57 | 3 | / |
| Norowi | 50 | 3 | / |
| Nurivi | 50 | 2 | / |
| Niriwi | 50 | 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 Nuruwe
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