Rwema Surname
Approximately 8,908 people bear this surname
Rwema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 8,682 | 1:1,309 | 311 |
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Uganda | 30 | 1:1,301,309 | 50,636 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rwema (118) may also be a first name.
Rwema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rwema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rwema is carried by more people in Rwanda than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rwema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 56,887th most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 818,090 people. Rwema occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rwema reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Rwema is also the 859,937th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 118 people.
This last name is most widely held in Rwanda, where it is held by 8,682 people, or 1 in 1,309. Not including Rwanda this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and Uganda, 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 Rwema
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