Rühe Surname
Approximately 619 people bear this surname
Rühe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 614 | 1:131,116 | 15,967 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Ruhe (5,826) & Ruhé (33) are calculated separately.
Rühe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rühe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rühe is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Ruhe or Ruhé. For other potential spellings of Rühe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rühe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 524,446th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,773,095 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rühe are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 614 people, or 1 in 131,116. In Germany Rühe is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 47 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent are found and Saxony-Anhalt, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Germany it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruhe | 92 | 5,826 | / |
| Rüh | 86 | 87 | / |
| Ruhé | 83 | 33 | / |
| Rhue | 75 | 1,104 | / |
| Rühs | 75 | 283 | / |
| Rhie | 75 | 227 | / |
| Rüge | 75 | 106 | / |
| Rüch | 75 | 12 | / |
| Rüeß | 75 | 7 | / |
| Rüht | 75 | 2 | / |
| Rüer | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rüed | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rüdh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rauhe | 67 | 578 | / |
| Ruhge | 67 | 139 | / |
| Ruehe | 67 | 75 | / |
| Rouhe | 67 | 57 | / |
| Rihei | 67 | 48 | / |
| Rüest | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ruhie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ruhey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rüetz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rü | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rhuey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rhu'e | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rihey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rheua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruhej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruheh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rheue | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Rühe
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