Rüthers Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Rüthers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 148 | 1:543,956 | 45,184 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Ruthers (97) are calculated separately.
Rüthers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rüthers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rüthers is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Ruthers. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rüthers? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,398,030th most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rüthers live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 543,956. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 72 percent live, Hesse, where 16 percent live and Saxony-Anhalt, where 7 percent live. Aside from Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 4 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruthers | 95 | 97 | / |
| Rüters | 92 | 94 | / |
| Rütters | 86 | 552 | / |
| Rothers | 86 | 114 | / |
| Rütgers | 86 | 90 | / |
| Rüttgers | 80 | 1,894 | / |
| Ruethers | 80 | 9 | / |
| Reuthers | 80 | 3 | / |
| Rothiers | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ruthgers | 80 | 1 | / |
| Roters | 77 | 2,982 | / |
| Riters | 77 | 52 | / |
| Ruters | 77 | 11 | / |
| Rotthiers | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ruthgeers | 75 | 1 | / |
| Routhiers | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ruiters | 71 | 16,135 | / |
| Rutgers | 71 | 4,180 | / |
| Ruyters | 71 | 1,023 | / |
| Reuters | 71 | 822 | / |
| Roeters | 71 | 750 | / |
| Rutters | 71 | 512 | / |
| Ritters | 71 | 433 | / |
| Rihters | 71 | 63 | / |
| Rooters | 71 | 33 | / |
| Rotiers | 71 | 12 | / |
| Rotters | 71 | 11 | / |
| Rodters | 71 | 3 | / |
| Routers | 71 | 3 | / |
| Rueters | 71 | 3 | / |
| Rieters | 71 | 2 | / |
| Rhiters | 71 | 2 | / |
| Rottiers | 67 | 2,412 | / |
| Ruijters | 67 | 793 | / |
| Ruttgers | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ruetters | 67 | 17 | / |
| Roetters | 67 | 8 | / |
| Reuterås | 67 | 6 | / |
| Rietters | 67 | 4 | / |
| Reutgers | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rodtiers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Routgers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruitters | 67 | 1 | / |
| Routiers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rothirsch | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ruķers | 62 | 1 | / |
| Rothhirsch | 59 | 9 | / |
| Rittirsch | 50 | 60 | / |
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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 Rüthers
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