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
The surname Rühl is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rühl? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rühl is the 41,624th most numerous family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 581,098 people. The surname Rühl is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Rühl reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Rühl is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 12,333 people, or 1 in 6,528. In Germany it is primarily found in: Hesse, where 43 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found and Bavaria, where 14 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.
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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