Nuruwe Surname

926,175th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 285 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Nuruwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nuruwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2621:504,76841,234
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nguruwe922,002/
Nuruwet922/
Nuruwes922/
Nuruwep922/
Nuruw911/
Nuruwa8319/
Noruwe831/
Nguruve771,309/
Noruwa67415/
Nuruva6776/
Noruve676/
Nurive675/
Norowe672/
Nuruvi671/
Nurowi671/
Nurubay6262/
Nurubai6211/
Nurievy629/
Noruwai623/
Norouwa621/
Nnurubi621/
Nurievi621/
Nurubhai573/
Norowi503/
Nurivi502/
Niriwi501/

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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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