Roopnarain Surname

280,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,378 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Guyana

Roopnarain Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roopnarain Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,0161:53,3256,767
Mauritius1591:8,1351,714
Guyana971:7,8581,269
United States761:4,769,196247,034
England91:6,190,895170,599
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Roopnarain (1,120) may also be a first name.

Roopnarain Last Name Facts

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

The last name Roopnarain (Hindi: रूपनारायण, Marathi: रुपनारायण) occurs most in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Roopnarain.

How Common Is The Last Name Roopnarain? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 280,304th most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,288,495 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Roopnarain are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 74 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 238,240th most widespread forename throughout the world, held by 1,120 people.

Roopnarain is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 1,016 people, or 1 in 53,325. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 85 percent live, Gauteng, where 12 percent live and Western Cape, where 2 percent live. Apart from South Africa Roopnarain is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 12 percent live and Guyana, where 7 percent live.

Roopnarain Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Roopnarain surname are 7.88% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 61.11% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Roopnarain earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 8.12% more than the national average, earning R 256,932 per year and in United States they earn 19.26% more than the national average, earning $51,460 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Roopnarain Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Roopnarain in the Hindi language
रूपनारायणrupanarayana63.16
रूपनारायनrupanarayana34.45
रूपनरायनrupanarayana1.44
रूप्नारायनrupnarayana0.48
रूपनरायणrupanarayana0.48
Roopnarain in the Marathi language
रुपनारायणrupanarayana50
रुपनारायनrupanarayana50

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Roopnarain
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