Rudež Surname

591,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 527 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Rudež Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rudež Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia3031:13,9562,741
Slovenia1431:17,3964,037
Serbia801:89,3127,432
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

The alternate forms: Rudez (217) are calculated separately.

Rudež Last Name Facts

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

Rudež is more commonly found in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Rudez. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rudež? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 591,720th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 13,828,360 people. The last name Rudež occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rudež live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Croatia, where it is held by 303 people, or 1 in 13,956. In Croatia Rudež is primarily concentrated in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 47 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 25 percent reside and Sisak-Moslavina County, where 10 percent reside. Barring Croatia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Slovenia, where 27 percent reside and Serbia, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rudez93217/
Rudes80486/
Rudec8095/
Rudeš8070/
Rodež8015/
Rudex803/
Rudej803/
Raudez732,569/
Raudes73476/
Roudes7365/
Roudez7360/
Rudeac7313/
Rudees7310/
Ruides735/
Rudesh734/
Rudech732/
Rhudes731/
Ruydes731/
Roudec731/
Hrudej731/
Rudeas731/
Roudeix67209/
Rhoudes6749/
Ruedesh671/
Rudhesh671/
Roudesh671/

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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
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  • 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 Rudež
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