Rühl Surname
Approximately 12,541 people bear this surname
Rühl Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 12,333 | 1:6,528 | 798 |
| Austria | 96 | 1:88,702 | 13,087 |
| Switzerland | 37 | 1:221,971 | 18,930 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhl | 86 | 15 | / |
| Röhl | 75 | 7,440 | / |
| Rehl | 75 | 1,043 | / |
| Rihl | 75 | 470 | / |
| Rüll | 75 | 314 | / |
| Ryhl | 75 | 104 | / |
| Røhl | 75 | 98 | / |
| Rhil | 75 | 95 | / |
| Rhel | 75 | 11 | / |
| Rähl | 75 | 7 | / |
| Rhlt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rhyl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rhll | 75 | 1 | / |
| Riehl | 67 | 11,731 | / |
| Roehl | 67 | 4,180 | / |
| Ruehl | 67 | 1,830 | / |
| Rl | 67 | 565 | / |
| Rhiel | 67 | 390 | / |
| Rheel | 67 | 139 | / |
| Raehl | 67 | 124 | / |
| Röhll | 67 | 19 | / |
| Rhael | 67 | 18 | / |
| Rhuel | 67 | 9 | / |
| Rehll | 67 | 7 | / |
| Rhill | 67 | 6 | / |
| Rihll | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rheul | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rhyll | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rhoel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rhelh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rilhl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rihlt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rhell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rhehl | 67 | 0 | / |
| Rhelt | 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
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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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