Rutho Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Rutho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 40 | 1:1,154,498 | 35,000 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Rutho (64) may also be a first name.
Rutho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rutho Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rutho occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rutho? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rutho reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Rutho is also the 1,223,525th most widely held forename worldwide. It is borne by 64 people.
It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 1,154,498. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Bomet County, where 88 percent reside, Kericho County, where 10 percent reside and Narok County, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Rutho
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