Ruam Surname
Approximately 1,936 people bear this surname
Ruam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 1,583 | 1:9,783 | 951 |
| Philippines | 248 | 1:408,219 | 51,950 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Taiwan | 36 | 1:651,243 | 4,752 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Ruam (7,024) may also be a first name.
Ruam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ruam (Marathi: रुमा) occurs most in Cambodia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 212,696th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 3,764,228 people. The last name Ruam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Ruam reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 82 percent reside in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 77,386th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 7,024 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cambodia, where it is held by 1,583 people, or 1 in 9,783. In Cambodia it is most numerous in: Battambang Province, where 63 percent live, Banteay Meanchey Province, where 14 percent live and Siem Reap Province, where 4 percent live. Besides Cambodia it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 13 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Ruam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ruam has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ruam last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ruam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ruam in the Marathi language | ||
| रुमा | ruma | - |
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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 Ruam
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