Rudewig Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Rudewig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rudewig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany981:821,48459,964
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Rudewig Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rudewig is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Rudewig.

How Common Is The Last Name Rudewig? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,727,723rd most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Rudewig are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 821,484. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Hesse, where 43 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 43 percent are found and Bremen, where 12 percent are found. Beside Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Rudewig Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Rudewig earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 130.99% more than the national average, earning R 548,916 per year and in United States they earn 45.83% less than the national average, earning $23,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rodewig8690/
Roddewig80257/
Rudewick8081/
Rudgewick7534/
Rudevik713/
Rudevic712/
Rodewijk67183/
Rudevics6775/
Rudawiec6726/
Rudowick674/
Rudowiec671/
Rodewyk5730/
Rudovik572/
Rudovick532,409/
Rudebäck536/
Rudēvics531/
Hrudovik531/
Rudeveck531/

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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 Rudewig
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