R Surname
Approximately 7,531 people bear this surname
R Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 3,154 | 1:50,525 | 2,770 |
| Iran | 1,136 | 1:67,590 | 7,116 |
| Taiwan | 972 | 1:24,120 | 334 |
| Egypt | 427 | 1:215,306 | 15,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 378 | 1:24,239 | 2,744 |
| Yemen | 367 | 1:72,004 | 5,012 |
| India | 277 | 1:2,769,189 | 85,362 |
| Iraq | 215 | 1:162,891 | 4,104 |
| Kuwait | 154 | 1:24,680 | 3,145 |
| Canada | 101 | 1:364,808 | 32,793 |
| Dominican Republic | 85 | 1:122,740 | 5,063 |
| Puerto Rico | 80 | 1:44,377 | 1,080 |
| Afghanistan | 52 | 1:618,330 | 7,160 |
| China | 43 | 1:31,798,176 | 1,692 |
| Syria | 20 | 1:965,051 | 6,626 |
| Algeria | 13 | 1:2,971,658 | 45,332 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Comoros | 9 | 1:83,280 | 279 |
| Haiti | 8 | 1:1,335,488 | 14,216 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
R (19,459) may also be a first name.
R Demographics
Average R Salary in
Canada
$48,200 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
R Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name R Come From? nationality or country of origin
R (Russian: Рь) occurs most in Bangladesh. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name R? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 66,204th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 967,673 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of R are found; 61 percent are found in South Asia and 58 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. R is also the 38,634th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 19,459 people.
The surname R is most frequently held in Bangladesh, where it is held by 3,154 people, or 1 in 50,525. Apart from Bangladesh this last name occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 15 percent are found and Taiwan, where 13 percent are found.
R Last Name Statistics demography
R earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 2.98% less than the national average, earning $48,200 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
R Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| R in the Russian language | ||
| Рь | r | - |
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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 R
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