Rouwa Surname
Approximately 2,020 people bear this surname
Rouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,924 | 1:9,975 | 761 |
| Benin | 82 | 1:126,044 | 13,698 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Rouwa (1,092) may also be a first name.
Rouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rouwa occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rouwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 205,431st most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,607,696 people. The surname Rouwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rouwa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Rouwa is also the 241,504th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 1,092 people.
This surname is most widespread in Niger, where it is held by 1,924 people, or 1 in 9,975. In Niger it is most numerous in: Zinder Region, where 34 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 24 percent live and Maradi Region, where 19 percent live. Besides Niger it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 4 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
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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 Rouwa
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