Rürup Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rürup Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rürup Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1441:559,06646,014
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

The alternate forms: Rurup (289) & Rürüp (1) are calculated separately.

Rürup Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rürup is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Rurup or Rürüp. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rürup? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,465,390th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rürup are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Rürup is most common in Germany, where it is held by 144 people, or 1 in 559,066. In Germany Rürup is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 56 percent are found, Saxony-Anhalt, where 17 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Germany this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rurup93289/
Rürüp931/
Rührup91125/
Rorup8021/
Ruhrup7393/
Ruerup7365/
Roerup7331/
Reurup731/
Hrirup731/
Riru6726/
Ruehrup6726/
Ruhrrup670/
Ruthrup670/
Rirui602/
Rieru602/
Hrirou559/
Rhurhu558/
Roorub551/

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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 Rürup
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