Ruijer Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Ruijer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 97 | 1:174,095 | 25,153 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ruijer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruijer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ruijer is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruijer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,828,462nd most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. The last name Ruijer occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Ruijer live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Ruijer is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 174,095. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 43 percent reside, Utrecht, where 22 percent reside and South Holland, where 20 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ruijer
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