Ruganya Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ruganya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruganya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Ruganya (10) may also be a first name.

Ruganya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ruganya (Hindi: रूगन्या) is found most in The DR Congo. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ruganya.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruganya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ruganya are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 67 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 10 people.

This surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Apart from The DR Congo Ruganya occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 17 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Runganya931/
Rugania8612/
Rugonya865/
Ruganja862/
Rugoinya801/
Rungonya801/
Rogania714/
Rogonya711/
Rougagnou6359/
Roghaniha633/
Rugonjo5717/
Rugonja572/
Rugonho571/
Roganio571/

Ruganya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ruganya in the Hindi language
रूगन्याrugan'ya83.33
रुगन्याrugan'ya16.67

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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 Ruganya
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