Rüf Surname
Approximately 473 people bear this surname
Rüf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 436 | 1:19,531 | 3,035 |
| Switzerland | 30 | 1:273,764 | 22,252 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Ruf (23,312) are calculated separately.
Rüf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rüf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rüf is carried by more people in Austria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Ruf. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rüf? popularity and diffusion
It is the 642,034th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,407,074 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rüf are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Austria, where it is carried by 436 people, or 1 in 19,531. In Austria it is mostly concentrated in: Vorarlberg, where 86 percent are found, Tyrol, where 8 percent are found and Styria, where 5 percent are found. Barring Austria Rüf occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 6 percent are found and Finland, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Rüf
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