Rooyan Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Rooyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Iran | 21 | 1:3,656,311 | 102,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rooyan Demographics
Average Rooyan Salary in
South Africa
R 198,948
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Rooyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rooyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rooyan (Hindi: रूयान) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rooyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rooyan is the 2,776,799th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. Rooyan is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Rooyan are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 2,083,758. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 62 percent live and Gauteng, where 38 percent live. Not including South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 43 percent live and Germany, where 2 percent live.
Rooyan Last Name Statistics demography
Rooyan earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.28% less than the national average, earning R 198,948 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rooyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rooyan in the Hindi language | ||
| रूयान | ruyana | 50 |
| रूयन | ruyana | 50 |
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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 Rooyan
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