Rutakwa Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Rutakwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 133 | 1:398,057 | 28,212 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Rutakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rutakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rutakwa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rutakwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rutakwa is the 1,544,715th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rutakwa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 398,057. In Tanzania Rutakwa is mostly concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 89 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania Rutakwa occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, 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 Rutakwa
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