Rinzin Surname

164,528th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,636 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bhutan
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Rinzin Surname User-submission:

The Rinzin surname is derived from Sanskrit word vidyadhara, meaning 'wisdom holder', 'awareness holder', and 'precious' or 'priceless'. It is the word in Buddhist literature for a person having the great knowledge (vidya) of mantras and other esoteric knowledge of occult practices such as recitation of spells, samatha, and alchemy.

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Rinzin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bhutan2,5431:24247
India391:19,668,343291,059
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Rinzin (7,565) may also be a first name.

Rinzin Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Rinzin surname is derived from Sanskrit word vidyadhara, meaning 'wisdom holder', 'awareness holder', and 'precious' or 'priceless'. It is the word in Buddhist literature for a person having the great knowledge (vidya) of mantras and other esoteric knowledge of occult practices such as recitation of spells, samatha, and alchemy.

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Rinzin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rinzin (Marathi: रीन्झीन, Russian: Ринзин, Tibetan: རིན་འཛིན་) is found most in Bhutan. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rinzin? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 164,528th most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 2,764,623 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Rinzin are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Tibeto-South Asia. It is also the 73,780th most commonly used forename at a global level, borne by 7,565 people.

It is most numerous in Bhutan, where it is carried by 2,543 people, or 1 in 242. In Bhutan it is most numerous in: Mongar District, where 17 percent reside, Thimphu District, where 15 percent reside and Trashigang District, where 9 percent reside. Barring Bhutan it occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Rinzin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rinzin last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Rinzin earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.55% less than the national average, earning $28,240 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rinzing9279/
Ringin83674/
Rynzin8370/
Renzin8361/
Rinjin8326/
Rinzén8319/
Rinsin8313/
Rinzen838/
Rincin834/
Rimzin831/
Rinchin77815/
Rincing77106/
Renzing7766/
Ringing7720/
Hrinsin7716/
Rinshin778/
Rinjing777/
Rindjin776/
Rinsing775/
Ringienė7163/
Rentzing7159/
Rinching712/
Rinchina711/
Ringen671,499/
Ringim67483/
Renzen67148/
Remzin6761/
Rimsin6751/
Rincen6735/
Rincim6731/
Rymzin6726/
Rinjen6724/
Rinsén6719/
Rincën6715/
Rinsen6715/
Rynzyn6714/
Renzim6713/
Ėringienė674/
Rimzim673/
Rincön673/
Rincinova672/
Rincên671/
Rinjim671/
Rinchn670/

Rinzin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rinzin in the Marathi language
रीन्झीनrinjhina-
Rinzin in the Tibetan language
རིན་འཛིན་rindzin32.32
རིན་འཛིན།rindzin26.1
རིག་འཛིན་rigdzin21.9
རིག་འཛིན།rigdzin17.19
རིན་འཛིནrindzin0.28
རིག་འཇིན་rikjin0.24
རིན་འཇིན་rinjin0.21
རིན་འཇིན།rinjin0.14
རིག་འཛིནrigdzin0.12
རིན་འཛིན་།rindzin0.12
རིག་འཇིན།rikjin0.09
རིག་འཛིན་།rigdzin0.09
རིན་ཛིན་rindzin0.07
བསྟན་འཛིན།tendzin0.07
རིང་འཛིན་ringdzin0.07
རིན་ཆེན་rinchen0.07
རིག་་འཛིན།rikdzin0.05
རྀན་འཛིན།r-indzin0.05
རིད་འཛིན་ridzin0.05
རིང་འཛིན།ringdzin0.05
རུག་འཛིན།rukdzin0.02
རིག་འཚིན་riktsin0.02
རིགས་འཛིན།rikdzin0.02
རིན་འཛེན་rindzen0.02
རིག་དཛིན།rikdadzin0.02
རྀན་འཛྀནr-indz-in0.02
རིན་་འཛིན།rindzin0.02
རིན་འཛིན་་rindzin0.02
རག་འཛིན་rakdzin0.02
རིིན་འཛིན།rindzin0.02
རིག་འཛིན།་rigdzin0.02
རིན་འརྗྀནrinaj-in0.02
རིན་མཆེན་rinchen0.02
རིན་འཛིན་མོ།rindzinmo0.02
རིག་་འཛིན་rikdzin0.02
རྀན་བཛྀན།r-inbadz-in0.02
རིག་འཛིག།rikdzik0.02
རིན་འཟིན་rinazin0.02
རིག་ཟཛིན་rikzadzin0.02
ིརིན་འཛིན།rindzin0.02
རིན་ཆེན།rinchen0.02
རིན་འཛིན་ཀrindzinka0.02
རིག་་བཛིན་rikbadzin0.02
རྀན་བཛྀན་r-inbadz-in0.02
རིག་འཛན་rikdzen0.02
རིན་འཛྀན།rindz-in0.02
རིག་བཛིན་rikbadzin0.02
རྀན་འཟྀན་r-inaz-in0.02
རིག་འཛིན་་rigdzin0.02
རི་འཛིན་ridzin0.02
Rinzin in the Russian language
Ринзинrinzin-

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