Rutahiwa Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Rutahiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 431 | 1:122,834 | 11,635 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Rutahiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rutahiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rutahiwa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Rutahiwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Rutahiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 685,266th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rutahiwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Rutahiwa is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 431 people, or 1 in 122,834. In Tanzania Rutahiwa is primarily found in: Kagera Region, where 82 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 2 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruthahiwa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Rutaha | 86 | 839 | / |
| Rutahi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Rutaha Wa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Rautahi | 80 | 24 | / |
| Rutaiha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Rutaaha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rutaahya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ratahi | 71 | 304 | / |
| Ritahi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Rataha | 71 | 5 | / |
| Rudahi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Rutaho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rutaeva | 67 | 10 | / |
| Roudahi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rautaiha'a | 67 | 1 | / |
| Retehia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rautaho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Raudahi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rustaeva | 63 | 89 | / |
| Rittaewa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ritthaewa | 59 | 1 | / |
| Rushtaeva | 59 | 1 | / |
| Rotaeva | 53 | 40 | / |
| Ritaeva | 53 | 3 | / |
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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 Rutahiwa
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