Ruap Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

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

Ruap Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruap Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea451:181,19425,163
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Ruap (65) may also be a first name.

Ruap Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ruap (Hindi: रुआप, Oriya: ରୂପ) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruap? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,689,253rd most widely held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 87 percent of Ruap reside; 87 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 87 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Ruap is also the 1,212,820th most widespread given name on earth It is held by 65 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Madang, where 67 percent are found, Morobe, where 27 percent are found and Southern Highlands, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 10 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruape899/
Ruaph890/
Ruapp890/
Rua8648,357/
Rhuaph801/
Ruas7520,044/
Ruay756,009/
Ruat751,160/
Ruop75378/
Ruaz75207/
Ruab7577/
Ruaa7518/
Ruae7511/
Ruad759/
Ruea758/
Ruav754/
Ruaj752/
Rwua752/
Rzua752/
Ruoa751/
Rrua751/
Hrua751/
Rwap751/
Rvap751/
Rhua751/
Ruach6726,319/
Rouha6710,360/
Ruopp671,186/
Ruahe6781/
Ruops6716/
Ruhaa6712/
Rua'a678/
Ruatt675/
Rwape675/
Ruash675/
Ruayh674/
Ruaab674/
Rhuad672/
Ruatz672/
Ruhaj672/
Rouea671/
Ruope671/
Ruopt671/
Rruad671/
Ruaha671/
Hruaš671/
Ruoha671/
Ruadh671/

Ruap Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ruap in the Oriya language
ରୂପrupa-
Ruap in the Hindi language
रुआपru'apa42.86
रूापruapa28.57
रूअपru'apa14.29
रुापruapa14.29

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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 Ruap
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