Rugendo Surname

133,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,384 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Rugendo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rugendo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3,1941:14,4581,756
Tanzania1031:513,99633,942
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Rugendo (731) may also be a first name.

Rugendo Last Name Facts

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

Rugendo is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rugendo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rugendo is the 133,232nd most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,153,530 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rugendo are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 304,836th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 731 people.

The surname Rugendo is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 3,194 people, or 1 in 14,458. In Kenya Rugendo is most prevalent in: Tharaka Nithi County, where 50 percent live, Meru County, where 26 percent live and Embu County, where 13 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.

Rugendo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rughendo931/
Ruzendo86123/
Rugenda8628/
Rusendo862/
Rujendo862/
Rogendo861/
Rucendo861/
Rhugenda801/
Rozendo718,230/
Rusindo7151/
Rusenda7118/
Ruzenda718/
Ruzindo712/
Rigenda711/
Rucindo711/
Rutjindo67377/
Roozendo671/
Rosndo622/
Rozndo621/
Rozindo57165/
Rusinda5729/
Ruzinda5716/
Rozenda5712/
Rujinda571/
Rucinda571/
Rusindah5341/
Ruchinda5312/
Ruxjinda531/
Rozendaah502/

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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 Rugendo
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