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Around the globe, ラス (Ras , Russ , Rath , and others...) is a common epicene forename. The first name ラス is characteristic of Botswana, where it is quite a common masculine name, Ghana, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Canada. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, the United States, and Indonesia. More frequently, ラス is the last name as well as the forename.
ラス is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ruth , the protagonist of the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible; Ruth Evershed , the fictional character from the TV series Spooks; Ras Thavas , the fictional character, Synthetic Men of Mars; Ruth Martin , the Fictional character, Lassie and Ruth Miller , the character in the TV series Law & Order, and in many other works.