Rutaha Surname
Approximately 839 people bear this surname
Rutaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 674 | 1:78,548 | 8,091 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Rutaha (228) may also be a first name.
Rutaha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rutaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rutaha is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rutaha? popularity and diffusion
Rutaha is the 415,025th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,685,990 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rutaha reside; 81 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 594,918th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 228 people.
This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 674 people, or 1 in 78,548. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kigoma Region, where 89 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live and Rwanda, where 0 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 Rutaha
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