Rühli Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Rühli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 86 | 1:95,499 | 10,341 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
The alternate forms: Ruhli (20) are calculated separately.
Rühli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rühli Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rühli is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Ruhli. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rühli? popularity and diffusion
Rühli is the 1,994,173rd most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname Rühli occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Rühli live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Rühli is most widespread in Switzerland, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 95,499. In Switzerland Rühli is most prevalent in: Canton of Schaffhausen, where 78 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 14 percent reside and Canton of Thurgau, where 6 percent reside. Beside Switzerland this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Rühli
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