Rwanika Surname
Approximately 303 people bear this surname
Rwanika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 223 | 1:175,064 | 14,729 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rwanika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rwanika Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rwanika is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rwanika? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 887,624th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 24,051,307 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rwanika reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 223 people, or 1 in 175,064. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Kisoro District, where 35 percent live, Kibaale District, where 17 percent live and Kamwenge District, where 8 percent live. Outside of Uganda Rwanika is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and Rwanda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Rwanika
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