Rück Surname

173,126th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,483 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rück Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rück Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,3001:35,0024,623
Hungary731:134,47012,406
Switzerland431:190,99816,977
Austria291:293,63633,260
Czechia201:531,67354,411
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Bolivia41:2,654,1087,945
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

The alternate forms: Ruck (10,505) & Rűck (2) are calculated separately.

Rück Last Name Facts

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

Rück is most common in Germany. It can be found as: Ruck or Rűck. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rück? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 173,126th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,934,976 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rück reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 2,300 people, or 1 in 35,002. In Germany Rück is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 37 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 15 percent live and Hesse, where 13 percent live. Beside Germany this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 3 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruck9210,505/
Rűck922/
Rücke891/
Rük862/
Rick7514,518/
Rügk752/
Rücková7311/
Rueck67480/
Ruckh67310/
Hrick6722/
Ruuck673/
Ricck671/
Hruck671/
Rickg671/
Rrick670/

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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 Rück
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