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 may appear as a variant: Ruck or Rűck. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rück? popularity and diffusion

Rück is the 173,126th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,934,976 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rück live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 2,300 people, or 1 in 35,002. In Germany Rück is most prevalent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 37 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 15 percent reside and Hesse, where 13 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 3 percent reside and Switzerland, where 2 percent reside.

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
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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 Rück
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