Rüffieux Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Rüffieux Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rüffieux Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland301:273,76422,252
Germany161:5,031,591189,895

The alternate forms: Ruffieux (2,292) are calculated separately.

Rüffieux Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rüffieux is carried by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Ruffieux. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rüffieux? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,876,555th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rüffieux reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 59 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most common in Switzerland, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 273,764. In Switzerland Rüffieux is most common in: Canton of Fribourg, where 90 percent live, Canton of Lucerne, where 7 percent live and Canton of Bern, where 3 percent live. Outside of Switzerland Rüffieux is found in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 35 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruffieux962,292/
Riffieux883/
Rueffieux822/
Rufieux801/
Riffeux801/
Ruffiux800/
Ruffiuex751/
Rfex671/
Rfux671/

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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 Rüffieux
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