Rulffs Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Rulffs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 29 | 1:194,645 | 16,083 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Rulffs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rulffs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rulffs is held by more people in Denmark than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rulffs? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rulffs is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Rulffs are found; 66 percent are found in Northern Europe and 66 percent are found in Scandinavia.
Rulffs is most frequently occurring in Denmark, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 194,645. In Denmark it is primarily found in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 48 percent are found, Central Denmark Region, where 31 percent are found and Region of Southern Denmark, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Denmark this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 32 percent are found and Norway, where 4 percent are found.
Rulffs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Rulffs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Rulffs last name declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rulfs | 91 | 183 | / |
| Rulff | 91 | 118 | / |
| Raulfs | 83 | 171 | / |
| Rolffs | 83 | 153 | / |
| Raulff | 83 | 29 | / |
| Ruhlfs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Roulfs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rullfs | 83 | 0 | / |
| Rulf | 80 | 821 | / |
| Rhaulff | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rutleff | 77 | 0 | / |
| Roulhfs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Rolfs | 73 | 2,600 | / |
| Raulf | 73 | 1,337 | / |
| Rolff | 73 | 874 | / |
| Roulf | 73 | 4 | / |
| Reulf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rhulf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rulfe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Routleff | 71 | 36 | / |
| Roelfs | 67 | 651 | / |
| Roolfs | 67 | 252 | / |
| Rollfs | 67 | 49 | / |
| Rholfs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Roelff | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rholff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rolhfs | 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 Rulffs
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