Rusanya Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Rusanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rusanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe291:532,35342,865
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Rusanya (27) may also be a first name.

Rusanya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rusanya (Marathi: रुसन्या) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rusanya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,876,555th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname Rusanya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rusanya are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Rusanya is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 27 people.

The surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 532,353. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 100 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 26 percent reside and Tanzania, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rushanya935/
Rusania868/
Rosanya863/
Rusanja861/
Rushanja8061/
Rushania805/
Raushania758/
Ruxchanya751/
Rosania711,507/
Ruzanja7118/
Rusanho7110/
Rosanía7110/
Roshania6721/
Rossania673/
Roseania671/
Roshanha671/
Roshannia635/
Roshanjoy631/
Rosanio57193/
Rosanjo572/
Rusonjo571/
Rusonia571/
Rutsonjo531/
Rausonio531/

Rusanya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rusanya in the Marathi language
रुसन्याrusan'ya85.45
रूसन्याrusan'ya7.27
रुसण्याrusanya5.45
रूसण्याrusanya1.82

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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 Rusanya
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