de La Rue Surname

416,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 835 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Guernsey

de La Rue Surname Definition:

(French) Of the Street [see Rew (French-Latin) in Dict.]

de La Rue 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
Australia4631:58,3067,097
France881:754,80492,996
England731:763,26141,903
Belgium541:212,90127,429
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
Guernsey291:2,222539
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
Trinidad and Tobago231:59,3034,842
Colombia231:2,077,13412,400
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
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Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guernsey531:616101
England391:625,00931,098
Jersey201:2,594424
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

The alternate forms: de La Rüe (6) are calculated separately.

de La Rue Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French) Of the Street [see Rew (French-Latin) in Dict.]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison
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de La Rue Demographics

Average de La Rue Salary in
England

£28,554

Per year
Rank:
27,297 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
7.42948E-5
Rank: 69,690 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
105.85%
Sample size: 6 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74

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de La Rue Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de La Rue Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de La Rue is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: de La Rüe. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de La Rue? popularity and diffusion

de La Rue is the 416,572nd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 8,727,600 people. de La Rue is predominantly found in Oceania, where 57 percent of de La Rue are found; 57 percent are found in Australasia and 57 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

de La Rue is most common in Australia, where it is carried by 463 people, or 1 in 58,306. In Australia de La Rue is most frequent in: Victoria, where 73 percent are found, Queensland, where 14 percent are found and Western Australia, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Australia de La Rue occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in France, where 11 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

de La Rue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of de La Rue has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the de La Rue last name grew 187 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de La Rue Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de La Rue earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 2.85% less than the national average, earning R 230,868 per year and in Colombia they earn 43.3% more than the national average, earning $32,531,600 COP per year.

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 La Rüe966/
de La Ruee9517/
de La Ruye952/
de La Rey891,369/
de La Rie89607/
de La Rea89262/
de La Ree8931/
de La Rou892/
de La Ruiz849/
de La Ruíz841/
de La Rrea841/
de La Reyes805/
de La Roush801/
de La Roy78171/
de La Rúa7831/
de La Roi7819/
de La-Rey7812/
De-La-Rue789/
de La Ray789/
de La Roa788/
de La Rùa781/
de La Roja7473/
de La Roij7422/
de La Raya7422/
de La Rojo741/
de Los Rey741/
de La Raiz741/
de La Raja741/
de La Rioja705/
de Los Reys704/
de Los Ruiz701/
de La Rojas701/
de Los Reyes6727,892/
de Los Reyez6717/
De-La-Rie675/
de Los Rayes675/
de Los Riyes671/
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