Rüthing Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rüthing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rüthing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1451:555,21045,787
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Ruthing (5) are calculated separately.

Rüthing Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rüthing occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Ruthing. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rüthing? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,453,389th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. The last name Rüthing is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Rüthing are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 555,210. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 94 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 3 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 1 percent are found. Not including Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruthing955/
Rüting92215/
Rütting8694/
Rothing8661/
Rithing860/
Rauthing804/
Roething802/
Rothaing801/
Ruething801/
Ruthuing800/
Rithin77367/
Ruting77129/
Riting7719/
Rüthen771/
Ruthin771/
Rodthieng755/
Rodthaing752/
Rodtheing751/
Rutting71207/
Ritting71132/
Ruethin71103/
Rueting7110/
Rieting717/
Ruthain711/
Rudting711/
Rotoing711/
Rotheng711/
Ruthink710/
Ruthuin710/
Ruetting678/
Ruethain677/

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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 Rüthing
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