Rural Surname
Approximately 4,160 people bear this surname
Rural Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| Egypt | 1,281 | 1:71,769 | 6,590 |
| Philippines | 512 | 1:197,731 | 31,271 |
| Mexico | 245 | 1:506,638 | 9,036 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Rural (1,813) may also be a first name.
Rural Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rural Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rural (Arabic: ريفيه, Hindi: रुरला) is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rural? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rural is the 111,591st most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,751,814 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Rural are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Rural is also the 179,326th most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 1,813 people.
This last name is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,093 people, or 1 in 46,606. Besides Ethiopia Rural is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 31 percent are found and The Philippines, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rural Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rural in the Hindi language | ||
| रुरला | rurala | - |
| Rural in the Arabic language | ||
| ريفيه | ryfyh | - |
| ريفية | ryfyt | - |
| الريفى | alryfy | - |
| ريفى | ryfy | - |
| الريفي | alryfy | - |
| ريفيا | ryfya | - |
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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 Rural
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