Ruhamo Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Ruhamo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 150 | 1:352,944 | 26,073 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ruhamo (28) may also be a first name.
Ruhamo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruhamo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ruhamo occurs most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruhamo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ruhamo is the 1,305,105th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name Ruhamo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ruhamo live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ruhamo is also the 1,994,417th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 28 people.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 352,944. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent live. Besides Tanzania Ruhamo occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 10 percent live and Rwanda, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rauhamo | 92 | 7 | / |
| Ruuhamo | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ruhama | 83 | 483 | / |
| Rihamo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ruhamah | 77 | 78 | / |
| Ruhaima | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ruhaama | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ruahama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rhuhama | 77 | 0 | / |
| Rauhamaa | 71 | 84 | / |
| Ruhaimah | 71 | 62 | / |
| Roohaimo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rouhaima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ruhammah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ruamah | 67 | 98 | / |
| Rouama | 67 | 17 | / |
| Rihama | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rooamo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rihhama | 62 | 19 | / |
| Rihamah | 62 | 17 | / |
| Rujjama | 62 | 15 | / |
| Ruuamau | 62 | 6 | / |
| Ruhomah | 62 | 2 | / |
| Rauamat | 62 | 2 | / |
| Rouhouma | 57 | 47 | / |
| Rauatmaa | 57 | 19 | / |
| Rauasmaa | 57 | 3 | / |
| Rooama | 50 | 2 | / |
| Rihoma | 50 | 1 | / |
| Rauoma | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Ruhamo
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