Ruiken Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Ruiken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 122 | 1:138,419 | 21,220 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Ruiken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruiken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ruiken is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Ruiken click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruiken? popularity and diffusion
Ruiken is the 1,471,719th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Ruiken live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 138,419. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 62 percent reside, Overijssel, where 9 percent reside and Utrecht, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 11 percent reside and Norway, 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
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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 Ruiken
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