Ruwel Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Denmark

Ruwel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruwel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Ruwel (342) may also be a first name.

Ruwel Last Name Facts

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

Ruwel (Marathi: रूवेल) is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ruwel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruwel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ruwel is the 3,323,005th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. Ruwel occurs predominantly in Asia, where 51 percent of Ruwel are found; 37 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 37 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 472,030th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 342 people.

Ruwel is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 3,277,136. In Malaysia Ruwel is most numerous in: Selangor, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Malaysia this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rauwel91543/
Ruwiel9170/
Ruwell9142/
Ruwele916/
Rouwel910/
Ruwl891/
Ruewell8327/
Ruwelle836/
Rusweld831/
Reuwell831/
Rubel80141,963/
Rowel801,397/
Ruwil8044/
Riwel802/
Rauswell770/
Rowell7328,088/
Reubel73313/
Rubell73267/
Rowehl73163/
Hrubel7368/
Rubeel7314/
Raubel7313/
Roubel7310/
Riwell734/
Roweel733/
Ruybel732/
Roewel732/
Ruwill731/
Rusuel731/
Rowwel731/
Hrowel731/
Rauchweld716/
Rubl67214/
Rowl67175/
Reubell6730/
Rowuell673/
Russuel673/
Roewell671/
Roubeel671/
Ruvl671/
Roowell670/
Rowwell670/
Rowelll670/

Ruwel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ruwel in the Marathi language
रूवेलruvela-

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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 Ruwel
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