Ruwande Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Ruwande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ruwande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruwande Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ruwande is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ruwande click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruwande? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Ruwande occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ruwande live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 5,146,080. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Harare Province, where 33 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 33 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 33 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruhwande | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ruwanda | 86 | 174 | / |
| Ruwandi | 86 | 127 | / |
| Ruwonde | 86 | 86 | / |
| Ruvande | 86 | 39 | / |
| Rubande | 86 | 9 | / |
| Riwande | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ruvhande | 80 | 40 | / |
| Ruhwandi | 80 | 32 | / |
| Ruhwanda | 80 | 8 | / |
| Rubhande | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ruwandhi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ruchwandi | 75 | 53 | / |
| Russwandi | 75 | 21 | / |
| Roubandeh | 75 | 14 | / |
| Ruswandis | 75 | 6 | / |
| Riwandi | 71 | 383 | / |
| Rubandi | 71 | 300 | / |
| Ruvanda | 71 | 264 | / |
| Rowandi | 71 | 230 | / |
| Rubonde | 71 | 181 | / |
| Rowanda | 71 | 62 | / |
| Riwonde | 71 | 28 | / |
| Ruvende | 71 | 14 | / |
| Ruwondi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rusvandi | 67 | 14 | / |
| Rihwandi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Raubandi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Riwwonde | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rubhonde | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rubhandi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruvahandi | 63 | 10 | / |
| Roehwandi | 63 | 7 | / |
| Rivandi | 57 | 3,739 | / |
| Rivandy | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ruvonda | 57 | 1 | / |
| Rivandhi | 53 | 41 | / |
| Ruvondyo | 53 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Ruwande
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