Rumanu Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

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

Rumanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rumanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Rumanu (29) may also be a first name.

Rumanu Last Name Facts

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

Rumanu (Marathi: रुमनु, Oriya: ରୁମାନୁ) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rumanu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rumanu is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 54 percent of Rumanu reside; 54 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 54 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Rumanu is also the 1,951,561st most common first name on earth, borne by 29 people.

This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Bougainville, where 100 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 15 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rumangu92345/
Rumanus9263/
Roumanu929/
Ruimanu929/
Rusmanu927/
Raumanu921/
Roumanou8632/
Roumanus8610/
Rumainus864/
Rummanut861/
Romanu83648/
Rimanu8338/
Rumanó831/
Roumagnou8035/
Roumanous8016/
Romanou77523/
Romanuha713/
Rummanoo711/
Românu6775/
Romanó6728/
Romonu674/
Romañu672/

Rumanu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rumanu in the Oriya language
ରୁମାନୁrumanu-
Rumanu in the Marathi language
रुमनुrumanu-

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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 Rumanu
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