Rb Surname

188,491st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Rb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,8541:71,3327,686
India2011:3,816,246105,238
Pakistan1311:1,363,69415,455
Palestine281:162,4598,501
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

Rb (4,298) may also be a first name.

Rb Last Name Facts

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

Rb (Hindi: आरबी, Russian: Рб) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Rb click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rb? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 188,491st most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,249,017 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Rb live; 82 percent live in Southeast Asia and 82 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Rb is also the 105,531st most common first name in the world, borne by 4,298 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,854 people, or 1 in 71,332. In Indonesia Rb is most numerous in: West Java, where 23 percent are found, East Java, where 19 percent are found and Jakarta, where 9 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent are found and Pakistan, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rbs80143/
Hrb80118/
Rbt8054/
Rbh8017/
Rrb8011/
Rhb8010/
Rbd8010/
Rbz806/
Rzb806/
Rbp804/
Årbø679/
Rbht672/
Rhhb672/
Rhbp671/
Hrzb671/
Hrrb671/
Hrbh671/
Rhrb671/
Rbpf671/
Rbjs671/
Rbhz671/
Rbhp671/
Rbdd671/
Rrhb671/
Rrbt671/
Rrbs671/
Rrbp671/
Rrbh671/
Rbch671/
Ørbø671/

Rb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rb in the Hindi language
आरबीarabi-
Rb in the Russian language
Рбrb-

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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 Rb
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