Ruutu Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Ruutu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ruutu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1171:46,9805,756
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Ruutu (44) may also be a first name.

Ruutu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ruutu (Russian: Рууту) is held by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ruutu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ruutu is the 1,491,356th most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Ruutu live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 84 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly used given name world-wide It is held by 44 people.

The surname Ruutu is most widely held in Finland, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 46,980. In Finland it is mostly concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 74 percent are found, Southwest Finland, where 7 percent are found and Northern Savonia, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Finland this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Estonia, where 9 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruuttu9120/
Ruuthu911/
Rutu89574/
Rautu8016,099/
Routu802,077/
Ruttu80245/
Ruuti80100/
Rutui8045/
Rutus8033/
Rustu8025/
Rutut8017/
Ruitu807/
Rutuu806/
Rutuj801/
Rutup801/
Routhu736,329/
Rauthu73174/
Routtu7340/
Rautou7334/
Rautus7333/
Routou7329/
Rouhtu7321/
Rautau7312/
Rustus739/
Rauttu739/
Rahutu737/
Reutou733/
Rautuy733/
Routuy731/
Rutuhe731/
Rouytu731/
Ruitui731/
Ruittu731/
Ruthut730/
Ritu6756,184/
Rotu67608/
Rutault6785/
Routaud6717/
Rustaut6711/
Rutuuha676/
Rutů672/
Russtus671/
Rautthu671/
Ruchtui671/
Reuttus670/
Roustud670/

Ruutu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ruutu in the Russian language
Руутуruutu-

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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 Ruutu
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