Rugema Surname

50,331st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Rugema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rugema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda9,6121:1,182280
Tanzania3951:134,02912,481
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Uganda371:1,055,11644,846
Burundi361:272,357409
United States101:36,245,893832,629
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
England21:27,859,030389,889
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Rugema (145) may also be a first name.

Rugema Last Name Facts

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

Rugema is borne by more people in Rwanda than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Rugema.

How Common Is The Last Name Rugema? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 50,331st most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 714,886 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rugema reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 766,399th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 145 people.

This last name is most numerous in Rwanda, where it is carried by 9,612 people, or 1 in 1,182. Apart from Rwanda it exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Rugema Last Name Statistics demography

Rugema earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rungema921/
Rugeema921/
Rutgemay860/
Rugama8318,594/
Ruzema83155/
Rugoma8325/
Rujema8316/
Rogema8310/
Rigema832/
Rucema831/
Rusema831/
Roggema77128/
Rugemer7758/
Rogemma7719/
Rugamma777/
Rugaama774/
Ruchema773/
Rujeima771/
Rungemi771/
Rusemma771/
Ruceema771/
Rugimath7130/
Rukhemah714/
Rujeemas711/
Rozema674,208/
Rigima67104/
Rusemo6773/
Rugheimer6769/
Rusima6743/
Ruzima6727/
Rigama6720/
Rugomo6716/
Rigemo675/
Rigoma673/
Rogemi671/
Rugime671/
Rogima671/
Rujima671/
Rujjma671/
Rucima671/
Rougemous671/

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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 Rugema
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