Rühl Surname

41,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rühl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rühl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany12,3331:6,528798
Austria961:88,70213,087
Switzerland371:221,97118,930
Netherlands241:703,63256,027
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Hungary101:981,62846,877
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
France31:22,140,907385,998
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
England11:55,718,059489,080
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Rühl Last Name Facts

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

Rühl is found most in Germany. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rühl? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 41,624th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 581,098 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rühl live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 12,333 people, or 1 in 6,528. In Germany Rühl is mostly found in: Hesse, where 43 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live and Bavaria, where 14 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rhl8615/
Röhl757,440/
Rehl751,043/
Rihl75470/
Rüll75314/
Ryhl75104/
Røhl7598/
Rhil7595/
Rhel7511/
Rähl757/
Rhlt751/
Rhyl751/
Rhll751/
Riehl6711,731/
Roehl674,180/
Ruehl671,830/
Rl67565/
Rhiel67390/
Rheel67139/
Raehl67124/
Röhll6719/
Rhael6718/
Rhuel679/
Rehll677/
Rhill676/
Rihll675/
Rheul674/
Rhyll672/
Rhoel671/
Rhelh671/
Rilhl671/
Rihlt671/
Rhell671/
Rhehl670/
Rhelt670/

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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 Rühl
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