Rwankole Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Rwankole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 87 | 1:448,727 | 26,843 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Rwankole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rwankole Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rwankole is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rwankole? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,839,022nd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name Rwankole occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Rwankole live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 448,727. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Kyenjojo District, where 23 percent are found, Mbarara District, where 17 percent are found and Hoima District, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 7 percent are found and Tanzania, where 4 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 Rwankole
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