Ruigu Surname
Approximately 380 people bear this surname
Ruigu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 378 | 1:122,169 | 10,207 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ruigu (267) may also be a first name.
Ruigu Demographics
Ruigu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ruigu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruigu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ruigu occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruigu? popularity and diffusion
Ruigu is the 754,238th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 19,177,752 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ruigu live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 544,256th most frequently held given name internationally. It is borne by 267 people.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 378 people, or 1 in 122,169. In Kenya Ruigu is most numerous in: Kiambu County, where 48 percent live, Nakuru County, where 26 percent live and Muranga County, where 12 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Ruigu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ruigu
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