Rubuye Surname
Approximately 751 people bear this surname
Rubuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 713 | 1:74,252 | 7,730 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Rubuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rubuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rubuye is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Rubuye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rubuye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 452,102nd most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,703,790 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Rubuye are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Rubuye is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 713 people, or 1 in 74,252. In Tanzania Rubuye is most prevalent in: Kigoma Region, where 97 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and Rwanda, where 1 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
- 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 Rubuye
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