Ruediger Surname

203,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,040 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Ruediger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruediger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6611:548,34945,358
Brazil5631:380,23914,527
Australia5051:53,4576,596
Germany1441:559,06646,014
Canada881:418,70036,754
Thailand261:2,716,859279,944
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
China21:683,660,78330,601
England21:27,859,030389,889
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States571:881,03053,642

Ruediger (2,884) may also be a first name.

Ruediger Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ruediger is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruediger? popularity and diffusion

Ruediger is the 203,896th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,572,326 people. The last name Ruediger occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Ruediger live; 37 percent live in North America and 36 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 135,359th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 2,884 people.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 661 people, or 1 in 548,349. In The United States Ruediger is most numerous in: Missouri, where 20 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 17 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States it is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 28 percent reside and Australia, where 25 percent reside.

Ruediger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ruediger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ruediger last name expanded 1,160 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ruediger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ruediger surname are 18.03% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.8% registered with the party.

The amount Ruediger earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 13.66% more than the national average, earning $49,043 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.81% more than the national average, earning $52,075 CAD per year.

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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 Ruediger
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