Rouwe Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Rouwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
The alternate forms: Rouwé (12) are calculated separately.
Rouwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rouwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rouwe occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Rouwé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rouwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,141,416th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Rouwe reside; 31 percent reside in West Africa and 31 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,599,335. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 83 percent reside, Diffa Region, where 8 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 8 percent reside. Besides Niger it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 28 percent reside and South Africa, where 18 percent reside.
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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 Rouwe
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