de Ru Surname

532,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 607 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Ru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Ru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4101:132,14115,426
Netherlands1741:97,05315,823
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

de Ru Last Name Facts

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

de Ru occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of de Ru click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Ru? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 532,232nd most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 12,005,842 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of de Ru reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname de Ru is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 410 people, or 1 in 132,141. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Free State, where 40 percent reside, Gauteng, where 39 percent reside and Western Cape, where 8 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 29 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

de Ru Last Name Statistics demography

de Ru earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.11% more than the national average, earning R 428,004 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Reu91893/
de Rus91220/
de Ruz9185/
de Rui9175/
de Ruy9144/
de Rud9117/
de Rau911/
de Rut911/
de Rou911/
de Reus832,588/
de Roux83485/
de Ruiz83195/
de Rous83185/
de Ruyt8359/
de Ruit8314/
de Rush838/
de Raut835/
de Rouz834/
de Rout834/
de Russ833/
de Ruíz832/
de Rouy831/
de Rust831/
de Ruis831/
de Rruz831/
da Ru8068/
De-Ru801/
de Ruijt7742/
de Roust7714/
de Routh7713/
de Rauch777/
De Roush775/
de Rouch773/
de Ruitz771/
de Rusch770/
de Roo735,610/
da Rui73203/
de Roe7339/
da Ruz733/
di Ruy731/
de Ruydts7144/
des Rault711/
de Rooy673,455/
de Roey6789/
De-Roux672/
De-Rous672/
da Ruiz672/
de Rooj671/
di Rust671/

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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 Ru
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