Rathnum Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Rathnum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rathnum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa431:1,259,94770,377
Mauritius51:258,6838,939
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Rathnum (15) may also be a first name.

Rathnum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rathnum occurs most in South Africa. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rathnum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,661,929th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Rathnum are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 81 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Rathnum is also the 2,900,335th most frequent given name on earth, held by 15 people.

Rathnum is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 1,259,947. In South Africa Rathnum is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 70 percent live, Gauteng, where 28 percent live and Northern Cape, where 2 percent live. Apart from South Africa Rathnum is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Rathnum Last Name Statistics demography

Rathnum earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 124.57% more than the national average, earning R 533,664 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Ranum831,527/
Rotnum7769/
Ranaum7763/
Rainum7737/
Rangum7713/
Rahnun7713/
Rannum7710/
Ragnum7710/
Rasnum774/
Ratnun774/
Rranum773/
Rhanum772/
Raynum770/
Ratnom770/
Rahnoun71236/
Rahanun7166/
Rannoum714/
Rhanoum714/
Rangnum711/
Rajnnum711/
Ranun6758/
Ranom6749/
Ronum676/
Rhamhoum671/

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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 Rathnum
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