Rumai Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Rumai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 46 | 1:177,255 | 24,620 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Rūmai (1) are calculated separately.
Rumai (474) may also be a first name.
Rumai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rumai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rumai (Bengali: রুমাই, Hindi: रूमई, Marathi: रुमाई, Oriya: ରୁମାଇ) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Rūmai. For other possible spellings of Rumai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rumai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,471,719th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 48 percent of Rumai are found; 35 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 33 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Rumai is also the 390,891st most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 474 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 177,255. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 57 percent live, Morobe, where 26 percent live and Western Highlands, where 9 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 28 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rumai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rumai in the Bengali language | ||
| রুমাই | ruma'i | - |
| Rumai in the Oriya language | ||
| ରୁମାଇ | ruma'i | - |
| Rumai in the Marathi language | ||
| रुमाई | ruma'i | - |
| Rumai in the Hindi language | ||
| रूमई | ruma'i | 50 |
| रूमाई | ruma'i | 25 |
| रुमाई | ruma'i | 25 |
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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 Rumai
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