Ruwang Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Ruwang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 68 | 1:2,605,041 | 84,856 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Ruwang (3,971) may also be a first name.
Ruwang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruwang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ruwang occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ruwang.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruwang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,422,956th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The last name Ruwang occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Ruwang live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ruwang is also the 110,946th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 3,971 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 2,605,041. In Nigeria it is most common in: Plateau, where 51 percent are found, Kaduna, where 44 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Ruwang exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and Indonesia, where 20 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 Ruwang
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