Ruriga Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Ruriga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 141 | 1:327,517 | 20,034 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Ruriga (10) may also be a first name.
Ruriga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruriga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ruriga is found most in Kenya. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruriga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ruriga is the 1,484,726th most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. Ruriga occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ruriga reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name on earth It is held by 10 people.
The last name Ruriga is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 327,517. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kirinyaga County, where 86 percent reside, Embu County, where 6 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Kenya Ruriga occurs in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ruriga
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