Ruwantha Surname

425,776th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 812 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Ruwantha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruwantha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka8041:25,8813,346
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289

Ruwantha (3,667) may also be a first name.

Ruwantha Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ruwantha is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruwantha? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 425,776th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,974,810 people. The surname Ruwantha occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ruwantha reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 116,548th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 3,667 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 804 people, or 1 in 25,881. Besides Sri Lanka this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruwanta935/
Ruwanthi88958/
Ruwanto80423/
Ruwanti80351/
Rubanta805/
Ruvanthi751/
Rruswanti7120/
Riwanto671,315/
Rubante67667/
Rubanto6794/
Rowanti6716/
Ruwonto676/
Rowanto674/
Rauvanto6323/
Rihwanto638/
Rievanta633/
Rouvante631/
Rubontay631/
Rivanto53207/
Riventa532/

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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 Ruwantha
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