Saruwaka Surname
Approximately 628 people bear this surname
Saruwaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 606 | 1:25,476 | 3,882 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Saruwaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saruwaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Saruwaka is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saruwaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Saruwaka is the 518,760th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,604,372 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Saruwaka are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 606 people, or 1 in 25,476. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 72 percent reside, Harare Province, where 15 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 7 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 1 percent reside and New Zealand, where 1 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 Saruwaka
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