Ruiva Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Ruiva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 44 | 1:4,865,326 | 126,089 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ruiva (60) may also be a first name.
Ruiva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruiva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ruiva is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruiva? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ruiva is the 1,828,462nd most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Ruiva are found; 43 percent are found in South America and 43 percent are found in Luso-South America. Ruiva is also the 1,270,172nd most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 60 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 4,865,326. In Brazil it is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 43 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 14 percent are found and Rio Grande do Sul, where 7 percent are found. Beside Brazil this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 27 percent are found and India, where 22 percent are found.
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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 Ruiva
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