Rutambo Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Rutambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Rutambo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1081:142,94718,429
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Rutambo (16) may also be a first name.

Rutambo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rutambo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Rutambo is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rutambo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,746,159th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rutambo live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent given name on earth, held by 16 people.

This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 142,947. In Zimbabwe Rutambo is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 52 percent are found, Harare Province, where 35 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rustamboi882/
Rutamba8625/
Rutembo861/
Rutaymba801/
Rutemba71335/
Rutamwa711/
Ritemba574/
Rutanwa572/
Rutahanwa506/
Rutatinwa501/

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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 Rutambo
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