Ruwaa Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Ruwaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Ruwaa (61) may also be a first name.
Ruwaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruwaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ruwaa occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruwaa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ruwaa are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 61 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most common in: Yobe, where 83 percent are found and Sokoto, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Somalia, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Ruwaa
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