Ruwaze Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ruwaze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruwaze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1191:129,73317,214
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Ruwaze Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ruwaze is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruwaze? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,658,108th most common last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name Ruwaze is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ruwaze reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Ruwaze is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 129,733. In Zimbabwe Ruwaze is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 99 percent live and Harare Province, where 1 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruwaza83181/
Ruwace8365/
Ruwase8317/
Ruvaze8316/
Ruwazi837/
Ruwaje836/
Ruwize834/
Rowaze831/
Ruwage831/
Ruvazhe7761/
Ruwodze7731/
Ruwache7711/
Ruwizhe777/
Ruwaizi776/
Rouwaje772/
Ruswazi771/
Ruvaize771/
Ruwadza771/
Ruwezhe771/
Rouwage771/
Ruwaji6775/
Riwase6718/
Ruwezi6713/
Ruvize6710/
Ruvaza677/
Ruwasi675/
Ruboze674/
Rubazi674/
Rowazi673/
Rowaza672/
Ruwaci671/
Rivaze671/
Rubage671/
Ruwagi671/

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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 Ruwaze
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