Ruters Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Ruters Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Rüters (94) are calculated separately.
Ruters Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruters Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ruters occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Rüters. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruters? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most prevalent family name globally, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 55 percent of Ruters live; 45 percent live in Southern Africa and 45 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Ruters is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 100 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 27 percent reside and Germany, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rüters | 94 | 94 | / |
| Ruiters | 92 | 16,135 | / |
| Rutgers | 92 | 4,180 | / |
| Ruyters | 92 | 1,023 | / |
| Reuters | 92 | 822 | / |
| Rutters | 92 | 512 | / |
| Ruthers | 92 | 97 | / |
| Routers | 92 | 3 | / |
| Rueters | 92 | 3 | / |
| Ruijters | 86 | 793 | / |
| Ruttgers | 86 | 30 | / |
| Ruetters | 86 | 17 | / |
| Ruethers | 86 | 9 | / |
| Reuterås | 86 | 6 | / |
| Reuthers | 86 | 3 | / |
| Reutgers | 86 | 3 | / |
| Routgers | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ruthgers | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ruitters | 86 | 1 | / |
| Routiers | 86 | 1 | / |
| Roters | 83 | 2,982 | / |
| Riters | 83 | 52 | / |
| Ruķers | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ruthgeers | 80 | 1 | / |
| Routhiers | 80 | 1 | / |
| Roeters | 77 | 750 | / |
| Rütters | 77 | 552 | / |
| Ritters | 77 | 433 | / |
| Rüthers | 77 | 156 | / |
| Rothers | 77 | 114 | / |
| Rütgers | 77 | 90 | / |
| Rihters | 77 | 63 | / |
| Rooters | 77 | 33 | / |
| Rotiers | 77 | 12 | / |
| Rotters | 77 | 11 | / |
| Rodters | 77 | 3 | / |
| Rhiters | 77 | 2 | / |
| Rieters | 77 | 2 | / |
| Rottiers | 71 | 2,412 | / |
| Rüttgers | 71 | 1,894 | / |
| Roetters | 71 | 8 | / |
| Rietters | 71 | 4 | / |
| Rothiers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rodtiers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rotthiers | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rittirsch | 53 | 60 | / |
| Rothirsch | 53 | 1 | / |
| Rothhirsch | 50 | 9 | / |
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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 Ruters
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