Rucken Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Rucken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxembourg | 66 | 1:8,796 | 1,392 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 48 | 1:1,046,223 | 61,047 |
The alternate forms: Rücken (35) are calculated separately.
Rucken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rucken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rucken is found most in Luxembourg. It may also occur as: Rücken. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rucken? popularity and diffusion
Rucken is the 2,293,424th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Rucken are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Luxembourg, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 8,796. In Luxembourg Rucken is most frequent in: Clervaux Canton, where 100 percent live. Outside of Luxembourg this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live.
Rucken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Rucken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rucken last name contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Rucken
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