Rouwaye Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Rouwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 36 | 1:533,112 | 13,750 |
| Senegal | 17 | 1:857,608 | 2,905 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
The alternate forms: Rouwayé (1) are calculated separately.
Rouwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rouwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rouwaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﻭﻭﻱ) is found most in Niger. It may also be rendered as: Rouwayé. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rouwaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,372,517th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Rouwaye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rouwaye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
The last name Rouwaye is most commonly held in Niger, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 533,112. In Niger Rouwaye is most common in: Zinder Region, where 97 percent live and Maradi Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Niger this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 26 percent live and Mauritania, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rouwaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rouwaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﻭﻭﻱ | rwwy | 40 |
| ﺭﻭﻳﻪ | rwyh | 20 |
| ﺭﻭﻳﺎ | rwya | 20 |
| ﺭﻭﻭﺍﻱ | rwway | 20 |
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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 Rouwaye
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