Ruiga Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Ruiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 5 | 1:410,009 | 28,210 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ruiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ruiga occurs most in Latvia. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ruiga.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruiga? popularity and diffusion
Ruiga is the 5,057,639th most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 33 percent of Ruiga live; 33 percent live in Northern Europe and 33 percent live in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 410,009. In Latvia it is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 60 percent reside, Semigallia, where 20 percent reside and Vidzeme, where 20 percent reside. Other than Latvia Ruiga is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside and Kenya, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Ruiga
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