Ruveve Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ruveve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Ruveve 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
Zimbabwe701:220,54624,781
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ruveve (29) may also be a first name.

Ruveve Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ruveve is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruveve? popularity and diffusion

Ruveve is the 2,220,661st most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname Ruveve occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ruveve live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Ruveve is also the 1,951,561st most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 29 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 220,546. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Mashonaland West Province, where 43 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 26 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 1 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.

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
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Ruvhevhe8624/
Rauvevea861/
Ruvaevie861/
Ruvave839/
Rivieve7754/
Ruvivi6721/
Ruwewe6720/
Rubebe679/
Ruvavi671/

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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 Ruveve
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