Ruurds Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ruurds Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruurds Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
England31:18,572,686338,250
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ruurds Last Name Facts

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

Ruurds is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruurds? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Ruurds are found; 72 percent are found in Southern Africa and 72 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Ruurds is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 4,167,516. In South Africa Ruurds is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 69 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 8 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent are found and Ireland, where 6 percent are found.

Ruurds Last Name Statistics demography

Ruurds earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.54% less than the national average, earning R 224,484 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruurd911/
Rurd805/
Rourd732/
Rhurd730/
Reurts6768/
Roords671/
Rhords671/
Rord609/
Rurt607/
Rurz604/
Roord55155/
Raurt5516/
Rourt5510/
Rhord556/
Rurth551/
Rordt551/
Rurtz550/
Rurch550/
Roerts5014/
Rourth505/
Raurch501/
Rurtcz501/
Rourch501/
Rourtz500/
Rourtt500/
Rourte500/

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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 Ruurds
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