Ruter Surname
Approximately 1,023 people bear this surname
Ruter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 752 | 1:481,993 | 40,795 |
| Netherlands | 62 | 1:272,374 | 33,874 |
| France | 51 | 1:1,302,406 | 132,002 |
| Slovenia | 48 | 1:51,827 | 8,472 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 229 | 1:219,296 | 18,666 |
The alternate forms: Rüter (5,812) are calculated separately.
Ruter (127) may also be a first name.
Ruter Demographics
Average Male Ruter Height
176.38 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ruter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ruter (Russian: Рутер) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Rüter. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruter? popularity and diffusion
It is the 355,394th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,123,701 people. The last name Ruter occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Ruter reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 825,494th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 127 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 752 people, or 1 in 481,993. In The United States Ruter is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 25 percent are found, Ohio, where 12 percent are found and Illinois, where 10 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found and France, where 5 percent are found.
Ruter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ruter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ruter last name expanded 328 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 78 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ruter Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Ruter last name are 31.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 78.47% registered with the party.
Ruter earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.72% more than the national average, earning $44,754 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ruter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ruter in the Russian language | ||
| Рутер | ruter | - |
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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 Ruter
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