de Ruyter Surname

132,951st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,393 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Ruyter Surname Definition:

(Dutch/Flemish), the Rider. Michiel Adriaansz. de Ruyter,— i. e., Michael de Ruyter, Adrian's son,-was the greatest Admi­ral of the Netherlands. At the battle of the Four Days, in 1666, with a fleet of eighty-five ships, he attacked the English fleet of eighty sail under Monk and Prince Rupert.

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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
Netherlands2,0041:8,4271,048
Belgium7401:15,5362,375
Australia2101:128,55114,024
New Zealand921:49,2217,974
France891:746,32392,306
United States781:4,646,909242,363
South Africa751:722,36951,132
Canada431:856,87466,382
England271:2,063,63279,942
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Aruba11:103,4772,586
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093

de Ruyter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch/Flemish), the Rider. Michiel Adriaansz. de Ruyter,— i. e., Michael de Ruyter, Adrian's son,-was the greatest Admi­ral of the Netherlands. At the battle of the Four Days, in 1666, with a fleet of eighty-five ships, he attacked the English fleet of eighty sail under Monk and Prince Rupert. The combat lasted four days, when the English retreated, having lost eight thousand in killed and wounded, besides twenty-three vessels; while the loss of the Dutch consisted only of two thou­sand killed and wounded, and four vessels.

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon
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de Ruyter Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 4 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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de Ruyter Last Name Facts

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

de Ruyter is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of de Ruyter click here.

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

The last name is the 132,951st most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,818 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of de Ruyter are found; 84 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

de Ruyter is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 2,004 people, or 1 in 8,427. In The Netherlands de Ruyter is primarily found in: South Holland, where 31 percent reside, North Holland, where 26 percent reside and North Brabant, where 15 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this surname is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 22 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.

de Ruyter Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the de Ruyter surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

The amount de Ruyter earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 39.98% more than the national average, earning R 332,652 per year; in United States they earn 45.14% more than the national average, earning $62,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.64% less than the national average, earning $46,383 CAD per year.

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