Rulison Surname

624,505th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 491 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Rulison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rulison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4861:745,80058,323
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2211:227,23419,192

Rulison (18) may also be a first name.

Rulison Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rulison Come From? nationality or country of origin

Rulison is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rulison? popularity and diffusion

It is the 624,505th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 14,842,252 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Rulison live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent forename in the world, borne by 18 people.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 486 people, or 1 in 745,800. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 38 percent are found, California, where 14 percent are found and Florida, where 12 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Rulison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rulison has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rulison last name grew 220 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rulison Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rulison last name are 23.32% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.09% registered to vote for the political party.

Rulison earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.35% more than the national average, earning $47,182 USD 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 Rulison
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