Ruiters Surname
Approximately 16,135 people bear this surname
Ruiters Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 15,390 | 1:3,520 | 461 |
| Netherlands | 357 | 1:47,303 | 8,077 |
| Germany | 126 | 1:638,932 | 50,304 |
| Namibia | 70 | 1:34,420 | 4,994 |
| Canada | 38 | 1:969,621 | 73,252 |
| Belgium | 37 | 1:310,720 | 35,739 |
| New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Ruiters Demographics
Average Ruiters Salary in
United States
$74,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ruiters Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruiters Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ruiters is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ruiters click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruiters? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ruiters is the 32,915th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 451,661 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ruiters live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Ruiters is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 15,390 people, or 1 in 3,520. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 45 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 29 percent are found and Gauteng, where 8 percent are found. Barring South Africa Ruiters exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.
Ruiters Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Ruiters earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 34.14% less than the national average, earning R 156,504 per year; in United States they earn 72.08% more than the national average, earning $74,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.53% less than the national average, earning $42,961 CAD per year.
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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 Ruiters
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