Rours Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Rours Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rours Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands711:237,84831,022
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rours Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rours is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rours? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,185,341st most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. Rours occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Rours reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 237,848. In The Netherlands Rours is mostly concentrated in: Limburg, where 66 percent reside, South Holland, where 11 percent reside and Gelderland, where 7 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and Cambodia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rouers91116/
Rourss913/
Rourse911/
Rors898/
Rurs895/
Rohrs802,245/
Roers80507/
Ruers80182/
Reurs8064/
Ruurs8062/
Ruhrs8023/
Rhors803/
Rotrs802/
Rorst802/
Rorse801/
Rurse801/
Rurss801/
Raurs800/
Roors800/
Ruors800/
Rorrs800/
Royrs800/
Rurrs800/
Roehrs731,421/
Royers73175/
Rursch7394/
Rojars7374/
Rojers7370/
Rauers7358/
Rajurs7336/
Rorsch7318/
Rowers7313/
Rourch731/
Rhorse731/
Rhurst731/
Rorspp730/
Rource730/
Roggers67177/
Roersch67128/
Rauwers67122/
Rooyers6732/
Ruggers6725/
Roeyers6712/
Roojers6710/
Rojarsh674/
Rorsche672/
Rorx671/
Rars671/
Rugiers670/

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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 Rours
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