Ruiz de Leon Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Ruiz de Leon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 152 | 1:307,579 | 18,383 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Ruiz de Léon (1) are calculated separately.
Ruiz de Leon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruiz de Leon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ruiz de Leon is held by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Ruiz de Léon. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruiz de Leon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,391,595th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. Ruiz de Leon is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Ruiz de Leon live; 97 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 97 percent live in Iberian Europe.
Ruiz de Leon is most commonly held in Spain, where it is carried by 152 people, or 1 in 307,579. In Spain Ruiz de Leon is most common in: Madrid, where 49 percent live, Valencian Community, where 24 percent live and Castilla-La Mancha, where 19 percent live. Apart from Spain it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 2 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruiz de Léon | 97 | 1 | / |
| Ruiz Deleon | 96 | 1 | / |
| Ruiz-de Leon | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ruizdeleon | 91 | 4 | / |
| Ruiz de Luna | 83 | 25 | / |
| Rios de Leon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ruiz de Olano | 80 | 49 | / |
| Ruiz de Llano | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ruiz de Alano | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rosa de Leon | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ruizdeluna | 73 | 2 | / |
| Reis Delen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Reyes de Leon | 72 | 6 | / |
| Rios-Deleon | 70 | 2 | / |
| Rizzetto Leoni | 69 | 1 | / |
| Reis de Luna | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ruiz de Leon
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