Ruitter Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Ruitter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 61 | 1:1,319,762 | 83,187 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Ruitter (33) may also be a first name.
Ruitter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruitter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ruitter is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruitter? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,436,415th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name Ruitter occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Ruitter live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 33 people.
The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 1,319,762. In Germany Ruitter is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Ruitter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ruitter has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Ruitter
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