Ruelens Surname

395,186th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 893 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Ruelens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruelens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium8361:13,7522,078
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
France141:4,744,480251,814
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ruelens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ruelens is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruelens? popularity and diffusion

Ruelens is the 395,186th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,160,746 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Ruelens live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 836 people, or 1 in 13,752. In Belgium Ruelens is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 66 percent live, Walloon Region, where 29 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent live. Not including Belgium it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

Ruelens Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Ruelens earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.54% more than the national average, earning $51,938 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruellens931/
Rulens92150/
Reuellens881/
Roelens862,242/
Rullens86410/
Reulens86161/
Rielens861/
Ruelins860/
Raulens860/
Rauelins800/
Reyolens800/
Reislens800/
Rulenz7710/
Rulins779/
Raulins7167/
Realins713/
Rullins712/
Ruhlins711/
Hrulins711/
Roulins711/
Raulence6714/
Roullins678/
Raullins670/
Rwalins571/
Roylins571/
Realynch531/
Raihlins531/
Raislins530/
Roylence530/

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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 Ruelens
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