Ruwaiya Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ruwaiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ruwaiya 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
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618

Ruwaiya (149) may also be a first name.

Ruwaiya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ruwaiya (Hindi: रूकैया) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruwaiya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,882,373rd most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Ruwaiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Ruwaiya live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ruwaiya is also the 754,880th most widespread forename in the world It is held by 149 people.

Ruwaiya is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Ruwaiya is primarily concentrated in: Yobe, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Ruwaiya occurs in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 15 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
Ruwaiyah931/
Rubaiya861,817/
Ruwayya869/
Ruvaiya862/
Roubaiya801/
Rubayea7113/
Rubeiya7112/
Rubayya715/
Rubaaya713/
Rubaija711/
Rubya67868/
Ruwia6741/
Rauvaija671/
Roubeiya671/
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Ruwaiya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ruwaiya in the Hindi language
रूकैयाrukaiya-

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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 Ruwaiya
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