Riluwan Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Maldives

Riluwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Riluwan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Maldives61:67,3622,983
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Riluwan (60) may also be a first name.

Riluwan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Riluwan has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Riluwan? popularity and diffusion

Riluwan is the 3,730,171st most widespread surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 68 percent of Riluwan live; 61 percent live in South Asia and 39 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,270,172nd most numerous forename internationally, held by 60 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Riluwan is most frequent in: Kogi, where 44 percent are found, Lagos, where 44 percent are found and Kaduna, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 32 percent are found and The Maldives, where 21 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riluwaan933/
Riliwan86930/
Reluwan8618/
Rilywan865/
Riluvan863/
Ruluwan861/
Riluvaan803/
Riliwon7153/
Reluban7149/
Reliwan7140/
Reluvan715/
Ruliwan712/
Ruluvan711/
Reluwam711/
Reliwon571/
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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 Riluwan
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