Ruhele Surname

1,148,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 209 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ruhele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ruhele Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2061:256,99820,669
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Ruhele Last Name Facts

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

Ruhele (Hindi: रोहेले) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruhele? popularity and diffusion

Ruhele is the 1,148,257th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ruhele live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Ruhele is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 206 people, or 1 in 256,998. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 87 percent live, Shinyanga Region, where 4 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 0 percent live and Namibia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruehele921/
Ruheli831/
Ruuhela7778/
Rauhela7713/
Reueles773/
Rueille772/
Reuhile771/
Rouhela771/
Ruhelly771/
Riouhile715/
Rihelj6728/
Rihely6718/
Roeele671/
Riejle670/
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Ruhele Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ruhele in the Hindi language
रोहेलेrohele-

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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 Ruhele
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