Ruark Surname

124,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,661 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Ruark Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruark Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,5851:101,10411,219
England201:2,785,90397,972
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6111:82,1918,629

Ruark (158) may also be a first name.

Ruark Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ruark (Russian: Руарк) occurs most in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruark? popularity and diffusion

Ruark is the 124,508th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,990,589 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Ruark reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 730,165th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 158 people.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 3,585 people, or 1 in 101,104. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 18 percent reside, Georgia, where 7 percent reside and Ohio, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The United States Ruark exists in 17 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Ruark Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ruark has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ruark surname expanded 587 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ruark Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ruark surname are 26.16% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.93% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ruark earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.27% less than the national average, earning $43,034 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.93% less than the national average, earning $46,739 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruarke9124/
Ruarks9120/
Rhuark914/
Ruarkq911/
Ruork806/
Rvark803/
Rwark802/
Ruarc801/
Ruorke730/
Rwarke730/
Ruarque671/
Rvorks551/

Ruark Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ruark in the Russian language
Руаркruark-

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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 Ruark
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