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

The last name Runge (Marathi: रुंगे, Oriya: ରୁେ, Russian: Рунге) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Rünge. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 17,926^th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 236,516 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Runge are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Runge is also the 297,476^th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 762 people.

The surname Runge is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 20,321 people, or 1 in 3,962. In Germany Runge is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 20 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname is found in 65 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Denmark, where 2 percent reside.

Runge Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Runge has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 962 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Runge Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Runge surname are 17.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.26% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Runge earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 9.73% less than the national average, earning 312,401 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 4.9% more than the national average, earning R 249,276 per year; in United States they earn 9.08% more than the national average, earning $47,065 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.66% more than the national average, earning $51,006 CAD per year.