Ruskus Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Ruskus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruskus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands831:203,46028,061
United States521:6,970,364322,914
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Ruškus (2) are calculated separately.

Ruskus Last Name Facts

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

Ruskus is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Ruškus. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruskus? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,511,557th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name Ruskus occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Ruskus reside; 59 percent reside in Western Europe and 59 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Ruskus is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 203,460. In The Netherlands Ruskus is mostly found in: North Brabant, where 76 percent live, South Holland, where 13 percent live and North Holland, where 8 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent live and Chile, where 1 percent live.

Ruskus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ruskus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ruskus surname increased 5,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ruskus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ruskus surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered with the party.

Ruskus earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.4% less than the national average, earning $33,917 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruškus942/
Riskus83170/
Ruscus8327/
Roskus8312/
Rishkus7711/
Rieskus771/
Ruchkus771/
Roskos671,047/
Riškus6713/
Roškus671/
Rizkus671/
Roskosz621,052/
Roskosh62302/
Roszkos62224/
Roskoss6217/
Roskosch57526/
Roszkosz572/
Rosskosch532/
Rosckosch532/
Roskoš5028/
Roscos5011/
Roskoz507/
Roscus505/
Riškuš502/

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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 Ruskus
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