Rungwe Surname

156,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,795 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Rungwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rungwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2,1041:25,1623,084
Zimbabwe6131:25,1853,828
Botswana661:33,1356,513
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
England21:27,859,030389,889
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rungwe (50) may also be a first name.

Rungwe Last Name Facts

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

Rungwe is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rungwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 156,607th most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,607,351 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rungwe live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Rungwe is also the 1,412,538th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 50 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,104 people, or 1 in 25,162. In Tanzania Rungwe is mostly concentrated in: Songwe Region, where 48 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 32 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent are found. Barring Tanzania Rungwe exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent are found and Botswana, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rungwee921/
Rungw911/
Rutengwe8690/
Rusengwe862/
Raungwet861/
Rungwa83171/
Rongwe83149/
Rungue8362/
Rungwi831/
Roungwech801/
Rongwei7714/
Raungwa776/
Roungbe775/
Rungqwa773/
Rungwai771/
Ronkgwe771/
Reungwai718/
Rusingue718/
Rhungqwa716/
Rucingue711/
Runque67131/
Rungui6717/
Routengue679/
Rungby677/
Rongwa675/
Rongue675/
Rongwi671/

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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 Rungwe
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