Rwayo Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Rwayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 69 | 1:767,270 | 42,064 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Rwayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rwayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rwayo occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Rwayo.
How Common Is The Last Name Rwayo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rwayo is the 2,273,756th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. Rwayo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rwayo reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Rwayo is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 767,270. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Tanzania Rwayo occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, 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 Rwayo
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