Rukarwa Surname
Approximately 331 people bear this surname
Rukarwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 302 | 1:51,120 | 7,783 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Rukarwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rukarwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rukarwa is most common in Zimbabwe. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rukarwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Rukarwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rukarwa is the 833,931st most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Rukarwa are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 302 people, or 1 in 51,120. In Zimbabwe Rukarwa is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 47 percent are found, Harare Province, where 29 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 8 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 7 percent are found and England, where 2 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 Rukarwa
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