Runyoro Surname
Approximately 734 people bear this surname
Runyoro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 670 | 1:79,017 | 8,137 |
| Uganda | 45 | 1:867,540 | 39,905 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Runyoro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Runyoro Come From? nationality or country of origin
Runyoro is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Runyoro? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 460,168th most frequent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 9,928,537 people. Runyoro occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Runyoro live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 670 people, or 1 in 79,017. In Tanzania Runyoro is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 49 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent live and Pwani Region, where 23 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 6 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 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 Runyoro
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