De-Ruyter Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Belgium

De-Ruyter Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Ruyter.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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De-Ruyter Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

De-Ruyter Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name De-Ruyter Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname De-Ruyter is carried by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name De-Ruyter? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname De-Ruyter occurs mostly in Europe, where 45 percent of De-Ruyter live; 36 percent live in North America and 36 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Canada, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 12,281,864. In Canada it is most frequent in: Alberta, where 100 percent reside. Barring Canada it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 27 percent reside and Australia, where 18 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Ruyter893,393/
De-Ruiter892/
de Ruytter84138/
de Ruytere8411/
de Ruyiter841/
de Ruyte82129/
de Ryter821/
de Ruyttere805/
de Ruiter7814,434/
De-Ritter7822/
de Reuter7820/
de Rutter782/
de Rauter781/
De-Reiter781/
de Router780/
de Rute7514/
de Ruijter745,348/
de Reytere7414/
de Rutte7184/
de Riter7127/
de Ruijtter7013/
de Ruijtere702/
de Ritter67194/
de Ruette67112/
de Rijter6750/
de Rhoter6740/
de Ruijte6714/
de Reeter674/
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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 De-Ruyter
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