de Ruijter Surname

89,703rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,348 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Ruijter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Ruijter 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
Netherlands4,9071:3,441307
Belgium1981:58,0649,401
Thailand791:894,156140,446
France301:2,214,091176,965
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Aruba181:5,749789
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Suriname11:552,6169,664
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Brunei11:418,7313,893
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de Ruijter Demographics

Average de Ruijter Salary in
South Africa

R 232,668

Per year
Rank:
60,426 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
5.57046E-5
Rank: 87,504 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
97.91%
Sample size: 6 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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de Ruijter Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Ruijter is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 89,703rd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,362,668 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of de Ruijter reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 4,907 people, or 1 in 3,441. In The Netherlands de Ruijter is most numerous in: South Holland, where 28 percent are found, North Holland, where 22 percent are found and North Brabant, where 19 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands this last name occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 4 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.

de Ruijter Last Name Statistics demography

de Ruijter earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 2.09% less than the national average, earning R 232,668 per year.

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de Ruiter9514,434/
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de Ruijtere952/
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de Ritte781/
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de Ruyttere765/
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de Rate712/
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de Rechter70439/
de Reytere7014/
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de Rouette701/
de Ritis67628/
de Rotte6758/
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de Rette674/
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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
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