Ruakere Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Ruakere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruakere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand1341:33,7935,839
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Ruakere Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ruakere occurs in New Zealand more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruakere? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,398,030th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Ruakere live; 99 percent live in Australasia and 99 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

Ruakere is most widespread in New Zealand, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 33,793. In New Zealand Ruakere is primarily concentrated in: Taranaki Region, where 42 percent are found, Auckland Region, where 31 percent are found and Canterbury Region, where 10 percent are found. Not including New Zealand this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 13 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruaker920/
Ruacker861/
Ruakare861/
Ruakr831/
Ruakhare801/
Ruoker771/
Rwakare7111/
Rbakker711/
Rwakaire671/
Rwakira57106/
Rwakari5755/
Ruokari577/
Rwakaari5318/
Rwakaira531/
Rwahakari501/

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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 Ruakere
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis