Ruthnam Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ruthnam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruthnam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2161:250,82325,476
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ruthnam (80) may also be a first name.

Ruthnam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ruthnam is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ruthnam.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruthnam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,104,724th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. The last name Ruthnam is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ruthnam are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ruthnam is also the 1,075,395th most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 80 people.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 216 people, or 1 in 250,823. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 83 percent reside, Gauteng, where 13 percent reside and North West, where 2 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Ruthnam Last Name Statistics demography

Ruthnam earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 93.1% more than the national average, earning R 458,868 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rutnam92974/
Ruhnam922/
Rothnam862/
Rithnam861/
Runam8311/
Runham77458/
Ritnam77186/
Rungam7727/
Raunam7721/
Rusnam7718/
Rounam779/
Rutnan776/
Rotnam775/
Rhonam774/
Ruhnan774/
Runamm771/
Rugnam771/
Rusnaam7154/
Runngam7126/
Runhamn719/
Rothnan713/
Reunnam711/
Runeame711/
Rotneam711/
Rotnaim711/
Rittnam711/
Routnan711/
Rhounaim67239/
Runom67130/
Runan6794/
Ronam6718/
Reunngam676/
Reungnam673/
Rungneam671/
Rhounaym671/
Rothnann671/

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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 Ruthnam
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