Ruw Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Micronesia

Ruw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Guam11:160,1214,893
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Ruw (86) may also be a first name.

Ruw Last Name Facts

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

Ruw occurs in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruw? popularity and diffusion

Ruw is the 4,307,654th most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Ruw occurs mostly in Asia, where 43 percent of Ruw are found; 29 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 29 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Ruw is also the 1,032,266th most frequent first name in the world, held by 86 people.

This last name is most widely held in Thailand, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 11,773,058. In Thailand it is most prevalent in: Bangkok, where 17 percent are found, Chiang Mai Province, where 17 percent are found and Nonthaburi Province, where 17 percent are found. Beside Thailand Ruw occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 19 percent are found and Nigeria, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruwe861,940/
Rouw861,752/
Rauw86797/
Ruuw869/
Ruwf862/
Rguw861/
Rzuw861/
Ruhw861/
Ruvw861/
Ruws861/
Ruww861/
Rruw861/
Rauwe75218/
Rauws75213/
Rouwe7539/
Rauwt7511/
Reuwe751/
Ruiwe751/
Rushw750/
Ruf6723,312/
Row676,800/
Rub672,789/
Ruv6777/
Rouwtt6733/
Rouchw670/

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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 Ruw
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