Rugum Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

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

Rugum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rugum Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Rugum (131) may also be a first name.

Rugum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rugum (Oriya: ରୁଗୁମ୍ାଇଁ) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Rugum click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rugum? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Rugum reside; 57 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 57 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Rugum is also the 811,108th most frequently used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 131 people.

The last name Rugum is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Morobe, where 56 percent live, Madang, where 30 percent live and East New Britain, where 15 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 40 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rugume9135/
Raugum910/
Rougoum8311/
Rugun8037/
Rigum8018/
Rugom804/
Rogum801/
Rungun73287/
Rugune736/
Rugung732/
Rughom732/
Runghun671/
Roughoun620/
Rugon60117/
Rogun6012/
Rogom6010/
Roguń602/
Raugauntt570/
Rougon55725/
Roguhn5511/
Roughon501/
Rougoon501/
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Rugum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rugum in the Oriya language
ରୁଗୁମ୍ାଇଁruguma'im-

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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 Rugum
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