Ruga Surname
Approximately 7,868 people bear this surname
Ruga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 2,798 | 1:36,182 | 5,551 |
| Italy | 1,353 | 1:45,201 | 8,126 |
| Indonesia | 643 | 1:205,675 | 19,417 |
| Kenya | 599 | 1:77,095 | 7,186 |
| Nigeria | 381 | 1:464,942 | 23,564 |
| Papua New Guinea | 274 | 1:29,758 | 3,402 |
| United States | 256 | 1:1,415,855 | 97,523 |
| Tanzania | 199 | 1:266,038 | 21,128 |
| France | 179 | 1:371,077 | 55,233 |
| Uganda | 171 | 1:228,300 | 17,543 |
| South Africa | 170 | 1:318,692 | 30,132 |
| India | 165 | 1:4,648,881 | 119,525 |
| Russia | 98 | 1:1,470,643 | 101,259 |
| Hungary | 80 | 1:122,703 | 11,458 |
| Moldova | 63 | 1:56,530 | 7,993 |
| Serbia | 52 | 1:137,403 | 9,829 |
| Brazil | 49 | 1:4,368,864 | 116,514 |
| Switzerland | 49 | 1:167,611 | 15,447 |
| Poland | 39 | 1:974,583 | 70,126 |
| Romania | 34 | 1:590,526 | 42,844 |
| Argentina | 29 | 1:1,473,911 | 82,038 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Croatia | 22 | 1:192,209 | 23,417 |
| Solomon Islands | 17 | 1:34,119 | 6,789 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Albania | 11 | 1:264,914 | 15,006 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
The alternate forms: Rüga (19) are calculated separately.
Ruga (11,029) may also be a first name.
Ruga Demographics
Average Ruga Salary in
United States
$56,989 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ruga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ruga (Hindi: रूगा, Marathi: रुगा, Oriya: ରୁଗା, Russian: Руга) is most common in The Philippines. It may also occur in the variant forms: Rüga. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 63,662nd most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 926,226 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 44 percent of Ruga reside; 42 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 35 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 57,363rd most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 11,029 people.
The surname is most common in The Philippines, where it is carried by 2,798 people, or 1 in 36,182. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Mimaropa, where 24 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 21 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 19 percent reside. Besides The Philippines it exists in 53 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 17 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.
Ruga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ruga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ruga last name expanded 1,067 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ruga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (68%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Ruga surname are 39.38% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 86.15% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ruga earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 8.91% less than the national average, earning €27,353 per year; in South Africa they earn 49.56% less than the national average, earning R 119,856 per year and in United States they earn 32.07% more than the national average, earning $56,989 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ruga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ruga in the Oriya language | ||
| ରୁଗା | ruga | 88.89 |
| ରୁଗ | ruga | 3.7 |
| ରୂଗା | ruga | 3.7 |
| ରୁପା | rupa | 3.7 |
| Ruga in the Hindi language | ||
| रूगा | ruga | 86.42 |
| रुगा | ruga | 12.56 |
| रूगाा | rugaa | 0.51 |
| रूग्ाा | rugaa | 0.34 |
| रुमा | ruma | 0.17 |
| Ruga in the Marathi language | ||
| रुगा | ruga | 83.33 |
| रूगा | ruga | 16.67 |
| Ruga in the Russian language | ||
| Руга | ruga | - |
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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 Ruga
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