Ruuma Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Ruuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ruuma (43) may also be a first name.
Ruuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ruuma (Hindi: रूमा) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruuma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Ruuma live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 43 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 66,124,597. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Southeast Sulawesi, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found and Tanzania, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ruuma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ruuma in the Hindi language | ||
| रूमा | ruma | 50 |
| रुूमा | ruuma | 50 |
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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 Ruuma
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