Ruš Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Ruš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 13 | 1:410,496 | 52,415 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Rus (55,500), Ruş (1), Ruś (1) & Rúš (1) are calculated separately.
Ruš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ruš is found most frequently in Slovakia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Rus, Ruş, Ruś or Rúš. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ruš.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruš? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ruš are found; 77 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 77 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
Ruš is most commonly used in Slovakia, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 410,496. In Slovakia Ruš is primarily found in: Prešov Region, where 54 percent live, Nitra Region, where 23 percent live and Košice Region, where 8 percent live. Barring Slovakia it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 27 percent live and Croatia, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rus | 89 | 55,500 | / |
| Ruş | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ruś | 89 | 1 | / |
| Rúš | 89 | 1 | / |
| Rauš | 86 | 418 | / |
| Rušt | 86 | 75 | / |
| Hruš | 86 | 63 | / |
| Rouš | 86 | 21 | / |
| Ruše | 86 | 11 | / |
| Ru | 80 | 139,980 | / |
| Rui | 67 | 188,628 | / |
| Rau | 67 | 45,700 | / |
| Ruz | 67 | 27,547 | / |
| Rud | 67 | 16,404 | / |
| Rup | 67 | 10,267 | / |
| Ruj | 67 | 4,909 | / |
| Ruh | 67 | 4,630 | / |
| Rut | 67 | 3,780 | / |
| Rou | 67 | 3,348 | / |
| Reu | 67 | 2,603 | / |
| Ruß | 67 | 2,531 | / |
| Ruy | 67 | 2,326 | / |
| Rux | 67 | 1,740 | / |
| Ruc | 67 | 384 | / |
| Roš | 67 | 188 | / |
| Ruu | 67 | 108 | / |
| Rhu | 67 | 107 | / |
| Ruç | 67 | 60 | / |
| Hru | 67 | 48 | / |
| Rru | 67 | 41 | / |
| Ruč | 67 | 35 | / |
| Rušová | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ruø | 67 | 13 | / |
| Rgu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ruá | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ruë | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rzu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ruí | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruď | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ruš
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