Ružek Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Ružek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 36 | 1:117,461 | 17,621 |
| Slovakia | 30 | 1:177,882 | 30,511 |
| Czechia | 25 | 1:425,339 | 47,625 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
The alternate forms: Růžek (888) & Ruzek (624) are calculated separately.
Ružek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ružek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ružek is held by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Růžek or Ruzek. Click here for other possible spellings of Ružek.
How Common Is The Last Name Ružek? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,931,261st most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ružek are found; 59 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 59 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Croatia, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 117,461. In Croatia Ružek is most prevalent in: Vukovar-Srijem County, where 42 percent are found, City of Zagreb, where 25 percent are found and Zagreb County, where 22 percent are found. Other than Croatia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 32 percent are found and Czechia, where 27 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Růžek | 93 | 888 | / |
| Ruzek | 93 | 624 | / |
| Rusek | 80 | 8,461 | / |
| Rožek | 80 | 256 | / |
| Rucek | 80 | 81 | / |
| Rujek | 80 | 18 | / |
| Ružík | 80 | 18 | / |
| Rugek | 80 | 17 | / |
| Ružik | 80 | 13 | / |
| Rousek | 73 | 918 | / |
| Hruzek | 73 | 154 | / |
| Rouzek | 73 | 51 | / |
| Roucek | 73 | 44 | / |
| Ruzeck | 73 | 22 | / |
| Rausek | 73 | 13 | / |
| Ruzsek | 73 | 10 | / |
| Ruzhek | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ruseck | 73 | 3 | / |
| Rujeke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Rudžik | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ruseik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hrusek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ruseak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ruhsek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rurzek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ruseek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rusekh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rusiek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rhusek | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hrouzek | 67 | 205 | / |
| Rougeck | 67 | 10 | / |
| Hrausek | 67 | 7 | / |
| Rouziek | 67 | 6 | / |
| Rusceak | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ruhseck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rusieck | 67 | 1 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Ružek
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis