Rüter Surname
Approximately 5,812 people bear this surname
Rüter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,750 | 1:14,001 | 1,824 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Ruter (1,023) are calculated separately.
Rüter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rüter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rüter is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Ruter. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rüter? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 83,312th most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,253,879 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rüter live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Rüter is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 5,750 people, or 1 in 14,001. In Germany Rüter is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 56 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 20 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Germany it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 0 percent reside and Poland, where 0 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 Rüter
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