Rusheke Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Rusheke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 189 | 1:280,114 | 21,957 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Rusheke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rusheke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rusheke is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Rusheke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rusheke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,222,957th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rusheke live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 280,114. In Tanzania Rusheke is most common in: Kagera Region, where 50 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 44 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Rwanda, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Rusheke
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