Ruwewe Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Ruwewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ruwewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruwewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ruwewe is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruwewe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ruwewe are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 857,680. In Zimbabwe Ruwewe is most frequent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found and Uganda, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Ruwewe
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