Rüttgers Surname
Approximately 1,894 people bear this surname
Rüttgers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,858 | 1:43,329 | 5,691 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
The alternate forms: Ruttgers (30) are calculated separately.
Rüttgers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rüttgers Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rüttgers has its highest incidence in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms: Ruttgers. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rüttgers? popularity and diffusion
It is the 216,621st most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,847,701 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rüttgers reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname Rüttgers is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 1,858 people, or 1 in 43,329. In Germany Rüttgers is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 87 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 5 percent reside and Hesse, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent reside and Poland, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruttgers | 96 | 30 | / |
| Rütters | 93 | 552 | / |
| Rütgers | 93 | 90 | / |
| Rittgers | 88 | 714 | / |
| Rottgers | 88 | 43 | / |
| Rüters | 86 | 94 | / |
| Ruettgers | 82 | 295 | / |
| Roettgers | 82 | 168 | / |
| Rutgers | 80 | 4,180 | / |
| Rutters | 80 | 512 | / |
| Ritters | 80 | 433 | / |
| Rotgers | 80 | 264 | / |
| Rüthers | 80 | 156 | / |
| Ritgers | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ruetters | 75 | 17 | / |
| Rietters | 75 | 4 | / |
| Reutgers | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ruthgers | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ruetgers | 75 | 1 | / |
| Routgers | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ruttgars | 75 | 0 | / |
| Rootgers | 75 | 0 | / |
| Rittgars | 75 | 0 | / |
| Rugers | 71 | 130 | / |
| Riters | 71 | 52 | / |
| Ruters | 71 | 11 | / |
| Ruthgeers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rodgers | 67 | 139,030 | / |
| Ridgers | 67 | 651 | / |
| Rudgers | 67 | 246 | / |
| Ruthers | 67 | 97 | / |
| Rihters | 67 | 63 | / |
| Ruygers | 67 | 51 | / |
| Ruggers | 67 | 25 | / |
| Roogers | 67 | 11 | / |
| Rotzers | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rougers | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rueters | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rieters | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rhiters | 67 | 2 | / |
| Raugers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rugiers | 67 | 0 | / |
| Ritzers | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Rüttgers
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