Rüssel Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Rüssel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 382 | 1:210,747 | 23,905 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
The alternate forms: Russel (22,137) are calculated separately.
Rüssel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rüssel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rüssel occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Russel. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rüssel? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 718,674th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Rüssel live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 382 people, or 1 in 210,747. In Germany Rüssel is mostly found in: Saxony, where 27 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent live and Hamburg, where 10 percent live. Apart from Germany Rüssel is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 2 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
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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 Rüssel
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