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Where Does The Last Name Ruk Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Ruk (Bengali: রুক, Hindi: रुक, Marathi: रूक, Oriya: ରୁକ, Russian: Рук, Tibetan: རུག་) occurs most in Pakistan. It may also appear as a variant: Rük. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruk? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 188,860^th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,256,276 people. The surname Ruk is primarily found in Asia, where 62 percent of Ruk reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 40 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 55,529^th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 11,575 people.

Ruk is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is carried by 892 people, or 1 in 200,273. In Pakistan Ruk is mostly found in: Sindh, where 95 percent reside, Punjab, where 3 percent reside and Balochistan, where 2 percent reside. Besides Pakistan this last name is found in 51 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside and India, where 10 percent reside.

Ruk Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Ruk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ruk last name increased 667 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ruk Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (71%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Ruk surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

Ruk earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.46% more than the national average, earning $45,073 USD per year.