Rugland Surname

590,101st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 529 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Rugland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rugland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3571:14,4041,677
United States1431:2,534,678154,329
Sweden141:703,34052,204
France81:8,302,840321,660
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Iceland11:380,09011,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Rugland Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rugland has its highest incidence in Norway. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rugland? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 590,101st most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 13,776,079 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Rugland are found; 70 percent are found in Northern Europe and 70 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name Rugland is most commonly held in Norway, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 14,404. In Norway Rugland is most common in: Western Norway, where 66 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 18 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 14 percent are found. Barring Norway this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Sweden, where 3 percent are found.

Rugland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rugland has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Rugland last name grew 1,589 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rugland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Rugland are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.

The amount Rugland earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 10.21% more than the national average, earning 381,418 kr per year and in United States they earn 10.29% more than the national average, earning $47,587 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raugland9351/
Roughland880/
Rouglan86177/
Rogland8644/
Rigland8622/
Rouglane802/
Runglean801/
Roglan77189/
Roghlan710/
Rungloun671/
Riglhant670/
Roglon6215/
Roglán621/

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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 Rugland
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