Rukwava Surname
Approximately 638 people bear this surname
Rukwava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 614 | 1:25,144 | 3,820 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Rukwava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rukwava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rukwava is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rukwava? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 512,152nd most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 11,422,486 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rukwava are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 614 people, or 1 in 25,144. In Zimbabwe Rukwava is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 39 percent live, Harare Province, where 28 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Rukwava
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