Rudorff Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Rudorff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 51 | 1:1,578,538 | 93,812 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Rüdorff (1) are calculated separately.
Rudorff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rudorff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rudorff is found most frequently in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms: Rüdorff. For other potential spellings of Rudorff click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rudorff? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,106,139th most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Rudorff live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 1,578,538. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 41 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 12 percent live. Aside from Germany Rudorff exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.
Rudorff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Rudorff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rudorff last name declined 27 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rüdorff | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ruedorff | 93 | 1 | / |
| Rudorf | 92 | 674 | / |
| Rusdorf | 86 | 35 | / |
| Rodorff | 86 | 13 | / |
| Ruhdorf | 86 | 7 | / |
| Raudorf | 86 | 7 | / |
| Rußdorf | 86 | 1 | / |
| Russdorf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ruisdorf | 80 | 0 | / |
| Rustdorf | 80 | 0 | / |
| Rudarf | 77 | 6 | / |
| Rodorf | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rietdorff | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rauschdorf | 71 | 4 | / |
| Rudorph | 71 | 2 | / |
| Riethdorff | 71 | 1 | / |
| Riedorf | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rietdorf | 67 | 668 | / |
| Rottdorf | 67 | 5 | / |
| Riethdorf | 63 | 83 | / |
| Riderf | 62 | 1 | / |
| Rhudarb | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Rudorff
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