Ruffels Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Ruffels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 93 | 1:599,119 | 35,891 |
| Australia | 80 | 1:337,446 | 28,659 |
| South Africa | 30 | 1:1,805,923 | 85,708 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 50 | 1:487,507 | 26,996 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Rüffels (1) are calculated separately.
Ruffels Demographics
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Ruffels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruffels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ruffels is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Rüffels. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruffels? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ruffels is the 1,070,546th most widespread family name in the world, held by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. Ruffels occurs predominantly in Europe, where 41 percent of Ruffels reside; 40 percent reside in Northern Europe and 40 percent reside in British Isles.
This last name is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 599,119. In England Ruffels is primarily found in: Oxfordshire, where 31 percent live, Essex, where 18 percent live and Greater London, where 18 percent live. Other than England this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 34 percent live and South Africa, where 13 percent live.
Ruffels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ruffels has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Ruffels surname rose 186 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ruffels Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ruffels last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ruffels earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 27.27% less than the national average, earning R 172,824 per year and in United States they earn 28.91% more than the national average, earning $55,625 USD 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
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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 Ruffels
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