van Rüth Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

van Rüth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Rüth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany481:1,677,19797,745
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: van Ruth (396) are calculated separately.

van Rüth Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Rüth occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: van Ruth. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This last name is the 2,776,799th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Rüth are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 1,677,197. In Germany van Rüth is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 96 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 4 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Ruth96396/
van Roth881/
van Reuth8247/
van Rieth8212/
van Rut8017/
van Rot801/
van Riet754,284/
von Roth7571/
van Root752/
Van-Ruth751/
van Roodt7199/
van Rutte7173/
von Rütte7135/
van Rieht7116/
von Rieth7112/
van Raust711/
van Rie67589/
Van't Riet6729/
van Rood6362/
Van-Riet634/
von Rutte594/
Van-Roodt591/
von Riedt591/
Van-Rie532/

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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 Rüth
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