Ruhuma Surname

1,073,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 231 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Maldives

Ruhuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Ruhuma 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
Uganda2111:185,02015,254
England51:11,143,612252,590
Maldives51:80,8343,218
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ruhuma (66) may also be a first name.

Ruhuma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ruhuma (Hindi: रूहुमा) occurs most in Uganda. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruhuma? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,073,555th most commonly used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. The last name Ruhuma is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ruhuma reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 66 people.

It is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 185,020. In Uganda Ruhuma is mostly concentrated in: Kabarole District, where 57 percent are found, Kyenjojo District, where 26 percent are found and Kampala District, where 5 percent are found. Besides Uganda this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and The Maldives, where 2 percent are found.

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
Ruhuuma921/
Rouhouma8647/
Rujuma83108/
Ruhumo831/
Rihuma831/
Rujuuma771/
Rauoma671/
Rūguma671/
Ruyumo671/
Roouma671/
Rieumo501/
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Ruhuma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ruhuma in the Hindi language
रूहुमाruhuma-

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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 Ruhuma
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