Ruack Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Ruack Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruack Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Ruack Last Name Facts

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

Ruack is held by more people in The Dominican Republic than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruack? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Ruack occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Ruack live; 33 percent live in Southern Africa and 33 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in The Dominican Republic, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 10,432,932. Barring The Dominican Republic this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 33 percent reside.

Ruack Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ruack has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruak8944/
Ruac894/
Ruhaack835/
Ruake804/
Rback802/
Rwack801/
Ruhac801/
Ruask800/
Ruhaak73168/
Råback7341/
Hrback736/
Ruaksh731/
Ruhauk730/
Ruaq67226/
Ruax6778/
Ruok6716/
Rwak675/
Ruoc673/
Ruakova672/
Rwac671/
Rvac671/
Ruag671/

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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 Ruack
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