Ruhora Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ruhora Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruhora Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1221:126,54316,872
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Ruhora (22) may also be a first name.

Ruhora Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ruhora is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruhora? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,620,164th most commonly used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ruhora are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 22 people.

It is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 126,543. In Zimbabwe Ruhora is most common in: Harare Province, where 52 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 32 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 11 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rauhoura861/
Ruhara83668/
Ruhoro8313/
Ruhorro771/
Ruhaara771/
Rouhara771/
Rauorea771/
Ruharaj771/
Rihara6747/
Ruharo6727/
Rihoro676/
Rouhourou671/
Rouara671/
Ruyoro671/
Rujoro671/
Ruharot6222/
Rouatray573/
Rouautra571/
Rieara5030/
Rouaro507/

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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 Ruhora
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