Rhewa Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Rhewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rhewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Rhewa (8) may also be a first name.

Rhewa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rhewa is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Rhewa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rhewa? popularity and diffusion

Rhewa is the 7,117,718th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Rhewa are found; 43 percent are found in Southern Africa and 43 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 8 people.

It is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 44,083,065. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 100 percent live. Other than Indonesia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 43 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rheswa912/
Rewa893,838/
Rewah80450/
Rewaj80449/
Reway80213/
Rewai80137/
Rahwa8080/
Rewha8035/
Rohwa8015/
Reiwa807/
Rewaa806/
Rheba805/
Raewa803/
Rewau803/
Rewea802/
Reuwa802/
Hrewa801/
Rhewi801/
Rehwa801/
Rewwa801/
Reawa801/
Rejwa801/
Riewa801/
Rhiwa801/
Rzewa801/
Rychwa7372/
Rohwah7316/
Rahawa7315/
Rzheva7310/
Reways736/
Rewaut734/
Rehwua733/
Reywas732/
Rewuha731/
Rahwah731/
Rewaha731/
Rahwai731/
Raewai731/
Rehwau731/
Rewaiz731/
Reswad731/
Reva6722,244/
Rawa6711,151/
Reba676,027/
Riwa674,285/
Rewi67889/
Rewe67234/
Rewo67208/
Rheaves6731/
Rechwad6718/
Ryshway678/
Rishwah677/
Rejhwai677/
Rewy675/
Rahieva675/
Rywa674/
Rewj672/
Reshwad671/
Rjwa671/
Rahawai671/
Rejwach671/
Hreeway671/
Ruhieva671/

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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
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  • 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 Rhewa
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