Rukwati Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Rukwati Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rukwati Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1561:98,96313,970
Indonesia501:2,644,984153,918
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Rukwati (39) may also be a first name.

Rukwati Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rukwati Come From? nationality or country of origin

Rukwati (Hindi: रूकवाती, Oriya: ରୁକ୍ବତୀ) is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rukwati? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,155,901st most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. Rukwati occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Rukwati live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most widely held given name worldwide. It is borne by 39 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 98,963. In Zimbabwe Rukwati is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 41 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 24 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 19 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 24 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rukwata86337/
Rugwati8622/
Rokwati869/
Rikwati861/
Rukwate861/
Roekwati8013/
Rukwaata801/
Rukwete7120/
Rugwata715/
Rukuata714/
Riqueti57137/
Rugwete57121/
Rogwata571/
Riqueiti531/
Rouquetti5016/
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Rukwati Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rukwati in the Hindi language
रूकवातीrukavati-
Rukwati in the Oriya language
ରୁକ୍ବତୀrukbati-

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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 Rukwati
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