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

Rugland has its highest incidence in Norway. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rugland? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rugland is the 590,101st most common family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,776,079 people. It 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.

This last name is most frequent in Norway, where it is borne by 357 people, or 1 in 14,404. In Norway Rugland is most numerous in: Western Norway, where 66 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 18 percent reside and Southern Norway, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Norway this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent reside and Sweden, where 3 percent reside.

Rugland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rugland has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rugland surname expanded 1,589 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rugland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rugland surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.14% registered with the 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
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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 Rugland
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