de Ruwe Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Ruwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Ruwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1081:156,36323,208
Belgium671:171,59223,333
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

de Ruwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Ruwe occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name is the 1,244,200th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. The surname de Ruwe is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of de Ruwe live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 156,363. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Holland, where 31 percent reside, Utrecht, where 26 percent reside and Gelderland, where 23 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 36 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Rouwe93152/
de Reuwe9323/
de Rauwer881/
de Rouw86693/
de Rauw86202/
de Rowe866/
de Ruve862/
di Ruwe861/
de Rubei801/
de Reuver75848/
de Ruyver75715/
de Rive7134/
de Ruby715/
de Rubi713/
di Rube711/
de Roeve67115/
de Rivea671/
de Roubay631/
de Rivi5725/

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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
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  • 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 Ruwe
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