Rukwaya Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Rukwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Rukwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rukwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rukwaya is found in Rwanda more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rukwaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Rukwaya? popularity and diffusion
Rukwaya is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Rukwaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Rukwaya reside; 65 percent reside in East Africa and 65 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Rukwaya is most commonly used in Rwanda, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,262,775. Without taking into account Rwanda Rukwaya occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 29 percent live and Uganda, where 19 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 Rukwaya
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