Rufeger Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rufeger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Rufeger Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany641:1,257,89880,532
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Rufeger Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rufeger is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rufeger? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rufeger is the 2,372,517th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname Rufeger occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rufeger live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 1,257,898. In Germany Rufeger is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 77 percent live, Hamburg, where 17 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 3 percent live. Beside Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rufegher931/
Rufege921/
Raufeiser752/
Rufeeza711/
Roofiger671/
Rufesi624/
Rufije622/
Rufigi622/
Raufesi571/
Riphager531/
Roufaiga531/
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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 Rufeger
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