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

The surname Ruwel (Marathi: रूवेल) occurs most in Malaysia. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruwel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ruwel is the 3,323,005th most numerous last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Ruwel occurs mostly 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 common given name internationally It is held by 342 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 3,277,136. In Malaysia Ruwel is most prevalent in: Selangor, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Malaysia it exists in 9 countries. It is also found 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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