Ruipers Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Ruipers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruipers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands291:582,31651,332
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ruipers Last Name Facts

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

Ruipers has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruipers? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,485,539th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Ruipers occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Ruipers are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Ruipers is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 582,316. In The Netherlands Ruipers is primarily found in: Limburg, where 100 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 3 percent reside and Germany, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruijpers9354/
Rupers9245/
Ripers921/
Rijpers86203/
Raupers86147/
Ruypers8661/
Rippers8629/
Rispers869/
Reupers861/
Ruperss860/
Ridpers860/
Rhuphers801/
Raupeers800/
Ruppiers800/
Ropers772,519/
Ripors7749/
Rypers7727/
Rapers778/
Repers772/
Rupors770/
Roepers71183/
Respers7169/
Raepers7163/
Rappers7152/
Rüphers714/
Rophers713/
Reppers712/
Roppers711/
Reepers710/
Repiers710/
Rupercht673/
Raeppers671/
Ruppercht6310/
Repors62286/
Repars622/
Repairs579/

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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 Ruipers
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