Rungiah Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Rungiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rungiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa631:859,96456,669
England121:4,643,172139,951
France91:7,380,302306,885
Mauritius81:161,6778,227
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559

Rungiah (23) may also be a first name.

Rungiah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rungiah is most common in South Africa. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Rungiah.

How Common Is The Last Name Rungiah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,918,812th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. Rungiah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Rungiah reside; 76 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 23 people.

Rungiah is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 859,964. In South Africa Rungiah is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 70 percent live, Gauteng, where 17 percent live and Western Cape, where 10 percent live. Besides South Africa Rungiah exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent live and France, where 10 percent live.

Rungiah Last Name Statistics demography

Rungiah earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 13.64% less than the national average, earning R 205,224 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Runggiah931/
Runiah92157/
Rungiad861/
Runia832,163/
Reungiad801/
Rundziah800/
Rusnia77553/
Rugnia7757/
Runija7720/
Runyah7711/
Runjia779/
Runnia777/
Rounia775/
Runiat775/
Runias774/
Rungea774/
Rungna772/
Runzah771/
Runjah771/
Ruhnia771/
Raunia771/
Runhia771/
Runsah771/
Rungeezah751/
Rungnoi71916/
Rungnat7147/
Rouhnia7123/
Rundzia7116/
Rungnea714/
Rungnap711/
Rugnadh711/
Runza671,621/
Runya671,233/
Rugna67845/
Runja67675/
Ronia67418/
Runca67213/
Runsa6790/
Runho6786/
Runio6765/
Runha6740/
Rusgnach6732/
Runea6727/
Rhugnath674/
Runaiyea671/
Ruiña671/
Reungnoi671/

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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 Rungiah
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