van Ruler Surname

742,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 388 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Ruler Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ruler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3431:49,2348,424
United States361:10,068,304413,125
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

van Ruler Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Ruler occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Ruler? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 742,570th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 18,782,335 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of van Ruler reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 343 people, or 1 in 49,234. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Gelderland, where 29 percent are found, Utrecht, where 20 percent are found and South Holland, where 20 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

van Ruler Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Ruler earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 82.88% more than the national average, earning R 434,592 per year and in United States they earn 76.06% more than the national average, earning $75,969 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Ruller9536/
van Reuler9520/
Vanruler94116/
Vanruller891/
van Rillaer80841/
van Roele781/
Vanharler780/
Vanrillaer74107/
van Rillaar709/
van Rielaar701/
Vanairlor671/
Vanrillaar631/
von Rola592/
Funrleroy560/

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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 van Ruler
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