Ruuke Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Ruuke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 189 | 1:81,684 | 11,934 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ruuke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruuke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ruuke (Marathi: ृउके) is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruuke? popularity and diffusion
Ruuke is the 1,218,745th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. The last name Ruuke is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ruuke are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 81,684. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 53 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 23 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 11 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ruuke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ruuke in the Marathi language | ||
| ृउके | r'uke | - |
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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 Ruuke
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