Ruwish Surname

681,965th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 436 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Iraq

Ruwish Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruwish Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq4301:81,4462,641
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Ruwish Last Name Facts

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

Ruwish is borne by more people in Iraq than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ruwish click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruwish? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ruwish is the 681,965th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,714,555 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ruwish are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 99 percent are found in Levant.

The surname Ruwish is most frequently held in Iraq, where it is carried by 430 people, or 1 in 81,446. Without taking into account Iraq this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 1 percent live and Tunisia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruwisch92127/
Ruwis915/
Riwish83671/
Rubish83196/
Ruwais8356/
Ruwise834/
Ruvish832/
Rauwis831/
Rubisch77265/
Ruwitch7772/
Reubish7747/
Rowaish7711/
Ruwaids771/
Rubaish771/
Ruswise770/
Rubis735,561/
Rowis7312/
Riwis736/
Ruvis734/
Ruwes733/
Reuswich7124/
Rushvish711/
Rubeisch710/
Rubysh67374/
Rubeis67360/
Rowies67249/
Rubesh67182/
Rubisz67149/
Rubais6759/
Ruibys6750/
Roubis6743/
Ruvais6726/
Rouvis6718/
Rivish6718/
Ruvich6717/
Ruives6713/
Rowais6711/
Ruvise677/
Ruvesh676/
Ruvios675/
Roweis674/
Ruwaiz673/
Hrubis672/
Rubihz672/
Reuvis672/
Ruibis672/
Ruybis671/
Ruvies671/
Raubis671/
Rubois671/
Ruhbis671/
Ruubis671/
Ruwees671/

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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 Ruwish
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