Rwambiwa Surname
Approximately 1,437 people bear this surname
Rwambiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,404 | 1:10,996 | 1,406 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rwambiwa (24) may also be a first name.
Rwambiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rwambiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rwambiwa is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rwambiwa? popularity and diffusion
Rwambiwa is the 271,170th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,071,361 people. The surname Rwambiwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Rwambiwa live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 24 people.
The last name Rwambiwa is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,404 people, or 1 in 10,996. In Zimbabwe Rwambiwa is most common in: Harare Province, where 28 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 23 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Rwambiwa
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