Ruisseau Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Ruisseau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruisseau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1131:587,81278,453
Belgium651:176,87123,883
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ruisseau Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ruisseau is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruisseau? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,244,200th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Ruisseau reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 113 people, or 1 in 587,812. In France Ruisseau is mostly concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 25 percent reside, Normandy, where 25 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 21 percent reside. Not including France this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 35 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Rousseau88113,736/
Rausseau8820/
Russeeau881/
Ruseau8612/
Russea868/
Riseau861/
Rissea860/
Roussieau8213/
Rrousseau822/
Rousseeau821/
Rouseau80255/
Roussea8070/
Resseau8038/
Rusea77156/
Risea7713/
Rousseeu7564/
Rossieau7554/
Rousseou753/
Ruissias751/
Rousseay751/
Rouseeau751/
Russeeha751/
Russia71935/
Reseau71340/
Rissia71262/
Ruscea7148/
Rishea7136/
Ruicea7114/
Russja715/
Rousea713/
Russiu713/
Rousseoux711/
Reusea711/
Risiea711/
Ruusea711/
Rusiea711/
Ruseay710/
Russias67178/
Roussia67127/
Russius6727/
Russiat6714/
Russiah679/
Russiua671/
Russiad671/
Riseout671/
Ricehau671/
Russeoo671/
Rusejga671/
Rissias671/
Russhia670/

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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 Ruisseau
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