Umurerwa Surname

25,420th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Umurerwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Umurerwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda21,0851:539108
Uganda311:1,259,33249,678
Belgium281:410,59442,948
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Burundi161:612,803644
Congo41:1,247,27420,238
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Umurerwa (30) may also be a first name.

Umurerwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Umurerwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Umurerwa is carried by more people in Rwanda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Umurerwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 25,420th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 343,574 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Umurerwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Umurerwa is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 30 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Rwanda, where it is borne by 21,085 people, or 1 in 539. Outside of Rwanda this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.

Umurerwa Last Name Statistics demography

Umurerwa earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 31.99% less than the national average, earning $33,789 CAD per year.

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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 Umurerwa
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