Ruijgt Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Ruijgt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 102 | 1:165,561 | 24,214 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Ruijgt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruijgt Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ruijgt is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruijgt? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ruijgt is the 1,795,579th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Ruijgt reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 165,561. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 96 percent are found, Gelderland, where 1 percent are found and North Brabant, where 1 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruijg | 91 | 160 | / |
| Ruigt | 91 | 53 | / |
| Ruijgh | 83 | 79 | / |
| Ruig | 80 | 309 | / |
| Rugt | 80 | 16 | / |
| Rigt | 80 | 5 | / |
| Rujg | 80 | 4 | / |
| Rjgt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Roigt | 73 | 271 | / |
| Ruygt | 73 | 95 | / |
| Rijig | 73 | 51 | / |
| Ruigh | 73 | 45 | / |
| Rijeg | 73 | 18 | / |
| Rujeg | 73 | 13 | / |
| Ruigk | 73 | 10 | / |
| Rujig | 73 | 6 | / |
| Rigth | 73 | 5 | / |
| Rigte | 73 | 3 | / |
| Rugte | 73 | 2 | / |
| Reigt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rug | 67 | 374 | / |
| Rig | 67 | 262 | / |
| Rjg | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rauhgt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rigths | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rougth | 67 | 2 | / |
| Reuieg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Riggts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Raugtt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Reigth | 67 | 0 | / |
| Ruisgh | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Ruijgt
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