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 last name Ruwang is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruwang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,422,956th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Ruwang reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 110,946th most common first name worldwide It is held by 3,971 people.
The surname Ruwang is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 2,605,041. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Plateau, where 51 percent live, Kaduna, where 44 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live and Indonesia, where 20 percent live.
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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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