Unruh Surname

31,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,749 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Unruh Surname Definition:

(German), Uneasy, Turbulent, or Free from care?

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Unruh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,6961:33,8874,237
Germany4,0231:20,0112,643
Canada1,4921:24,6953,337
Paraguay1721:42,0741,292
Brazil1501:1,427,16248,115
Poland911:417,67944,209
Czechia151:708,89864,682
Honduras151:587,7633,647
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
England101:5,571,806158,774
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6811:73,7437,900

Unruh (19) may also be a first name.

Unruh Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German), Uneasy, Turbulent, or Free from care?

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'one who is beset by anxiety'.

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Unruh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Unruh has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Unruh? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 31,848th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 435,103 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Unruh live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name worldwide, held by 19 people.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 10,696 people, or 1 in 33,887. In The United States Unruh is mostly concentrated in: Kansas, where 24 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 24 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.

Unruh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Unruh has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Unruh last name grew 1,571 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Unruh Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Unruh last name are 31.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.45% registered with the political party.

The amount Unruh earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.77% more than the national average, earning $44,776 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.22% less than the national average, earning $47,588 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Unruch9162/
Unrauh918/
Unrush911/
Unrruh911/
Unrouh911/
Unruuh910/
Unru89725/
Eunruch831/
Unrau804,519/
Unrut8080/
Unrud804/
Onruh803/
Gunru802/
Eunru801/
Unrus801/
Aunru801/
Uhnru800/
Unrru800/
Unrup800/
Unruhová7717/
Umruth738/
Gaunru733/
Hounru731/
Aunrut731/
Eumruh731/
Unrutt731/
Unraut731/
Ounrou731/
Autenruth710/
Umru67179/
Onru674/
Uchenru671/
Gounrou671/

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