Rukwa Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Rukwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 62 | 1:249,004 | 26,834 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Rukwa (966) may also be a first name.
Rukwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rukwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rukwa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rukwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,849,867th most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Rukwa reside; 62 percent reside in Southern Africa and 62 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 259,451st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 966 people.
The surname Rukwa is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 249,004. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Harare Province, where 21 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 21 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 15 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent live and Tanzania, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruukwa | 91 | 23 | / |
| Rukwaja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rukua | 80 | 365 | / |
| Rukwi | 80 | 122 | / |
| Rugwa | 80 | 47 | / |
| Rikwa | 80 | 29 | / |
| Rokwa | 80 | 8 | / |
| Rukwe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Rucwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ruqwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ruhkwaya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rickwa | 73 | 50 | / |
| Rukwes | 73 | 21 | / |
| Ruqhwa | 73 | 14 | / |
| Raukwe | 73 | 12 | / |
| Rugkua | 73 | 7 | / |
| Rukkua | 73 | 6 | / |
| Rokwai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Rukuha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Roukwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ruhqwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Raugwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rikway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rückwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ruhkwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rockway | 67 | 74 | / |
| Rugwaja | 67 | 29 | / |
| Raugwai | 67 | 12 | / |
| Roughwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Raungwa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Rungqwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rukwech | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rhunqwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rukkuea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruckwid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rugwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rougwau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rickway | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Rukwa
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