Rúnar Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Rúnar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 16 | 1:23,756 | 1,850 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Runar (90) are calculated separately.
Rúnar (792) may also be a first name.
Rúnar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rúnar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rúnar occurs in Iceland more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Runar. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rúnar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rúnar reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 291,086th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 792 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Iceland, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 23,756. In Iceland it is mostly found in: Capital Region, where 88 percent live, Southern Peninsula, where 6 percent live and Western Region, where 6 percent live. Outside of Iceland this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Runar | 93 | 90 | / |
| Ronar | 80 | 13 | / |
| Runare | 73 | 39 | / |
| Runard | 73 | 8 | / |
| Rungar | 73 | 3 | / |
| Raunar | 73 | 2 | / |
| Rounar | 73 | 2 | / |
| Runart | 73 | 1 | / |
| Runnar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Runair | 73 | 0 | / |
| Rusnar | 73 | 0 | / |
| Rhonar | 73 | 0 | / |
| Runhare | 67 | 1,197 | / |
| Runhaar | 67 | 308 | / |
| Ronhaar | 67 | 284 | / |
| Runhart | 67 | 238 | / |
| Ruinard | 67 | 206 | / |
| Ruinart | 67 | 54 | / |
| Runeare | 67 | 50 | / |
| Runahar | 67 | 43 | / |
| Runhard | 67 | 19 | / |
| Reunard | 67 | 18 | / |
| Runharr | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ronharr | 67 | 5 | / |
| Roenair | 67 | 2 | / |
| Raunear | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rautnar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rounard | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Rúnar
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