Ruwanika Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ruwanika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ruwanika 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
Zimbabwe1791:86,24712,510
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ruwanika (64) may also be a first name.

Ruwanika Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ruwanika is found most in Zimbabwe. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruwanika? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ruwanika is the 1,263,456th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. The last name Ruwanika is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ruwanika reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Ruwanika is also the 1,223,525th most numerous given name world-wide, held by 64 people.

Ruwanika is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 179 people, or 1 in 86,247. In Zimbabwe Ruwanika is mostly found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 29 percent live, Harare Province, where 26 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 22 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

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
Rubanika8810/
Ruvanika881/
Rubainika8211/
Ruwaneke7510/
Rubanický717/
Rubanická716/
Rubeinika714/
Rubaneca631/
Ruboneke504/
Ruveneko501/

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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 Ruwanika
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