Ruaine Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

Ruaine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruaine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Ruaine Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ruaine is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruaine? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,772,636th most numerous surname globally It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Ruaine reside; 53 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 47 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea Ruaine is primarily found in: Morobe, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 35 percent are found and The Cook Islands, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruain9111/
Ruaisin77395/
Ruhaiyem711/
Ruaeni677/
Ruoyin671/
Ruhaeni621,306/
Ruhaeny6216/
Ruoying621/
Ruaheen621/
Ruhayyem574/
Rvaen551/
Ruoim551/
Ruoen550/
Ruohim503/

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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
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  • 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 Ruaine
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