Rüfli Surname

899,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Rüfli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rüfli 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
Switzerland2921:28,1264,301
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Rufli (339) are calculated separately.

Rüfli Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rüfli is found in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Rufli. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rüfli? popularity and diffusion

It is the 899,940th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Rüfli are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 28,126. In Switzerland Rüfli is most frequent in: Canton of Bern, where 57 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 9 percent reside and Canton of Solothurn, where 9 percent reside. Not including Switzerland it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside.

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
Rufli93339/
Rüfle8056/
Rifli8038/
Ruefli73201/
Rüffle7325/
Ruffli737/
Riffli736/
Ruëfli731/
Ruflie730/
Rüffler67154/
Rifelli6752/
Rufelli673/
Rufflie672/
Rueffli672/
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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 Rüfli
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