Rugambwa Surname

41,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,745 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Rugambwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rugambwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda10,8531:1,047248
Tanzania1,1731:45,1345,101
Uganda5411:72,1617,949
DR Congo1641:450,48536,956
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England21:27,859,030389,889
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Comoros11:749,524685
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Rugambwa (297) may also be a first name.

Rugambwa Last Name Facts

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

Rugambwa is held by more people in Rwanda than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rugambwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 41,034th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 571,796 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rugambwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Rugambwa is also the 511,663rd most frequently used first name on earth, held by 297 people.

The last name is most frequent in Rwanda, where it is carried by 10,853 people, or 1 in 1,047. Aside from Rwanda this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 9 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.

Rugambwa Last Name Statistics demography

Rugambwa earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 69.95% more than the national average, earning $73,333 USD per year.

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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 Rugambwa
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