Ruegenberg Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ruegenberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruegenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany621:1,298,47582,291
Brazil331:6,487,101155,169
Bolivia41:2,654,1087,945
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Ruegenberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ruegenberg is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruegenberg? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,817,111th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Ruegenberg are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 1,298,475. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 60 percent are found, Hesse, where 15 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Germany this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 32 percent are found and Bolivia, where 4 percent are found.

Ruegenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ruegenberg has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 67 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
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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 Ruegenberg
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