Popularity of the last name by country
Germany
- Baden Wurttemberg (155)
- Nordrhein-Westfalen (73)
- Berlin (40)
- Bayern (32)
- Hessen (31)
- Mecklenburg Vorpommern (15)
- Rheinland Pfalz (15)
- Sachsen (13)
- Hamburg (10)
- Schleswig Holstein (10)
- Niedersachsen (9)
- Thuringen (7)
- Sachsen Anhalt (3)
- Bremen (2)
- Brandenburg (1)
All countries
- France (25,111)
- Netherlands (6,031)
- United States (5,603)
- United Kingdom (1,167)
- Switzerland (532)
- New Zealand (501)
- Germany (498)
- Spain (439)
- Austria (376)
- Italy (305)
- Australia (231)
- Norway (217)
- Belgium (199)
- Unknown country (177)
- Finland (158)
- Algeria (157)
- Estonia (115)
- Russian Federation (110)
- Canada (98)
- Sweden (89)
- French Polynesia (76)
- Ireland (69)
- Hungary (60)
- Indonesia (51)
- Poland (51)
- Denmark (49)
- Mexico (39)
- Latvia (38)
- Morocco (35)
- Suriname (32)
- Viet Nam (26)
- Puerto Rico (23)
- Colombia (22)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (22)
- Romania (20)
- Venezuela (17)
- Argentina (15)
- Portugal (15)
- China (14)
- Tunisia (14)
Origine of last name
RU : Chinese:: 1: Mandarin form of the surname 茹 meaning ‘eat’ in ancient Chinese: (i) borne by members of the Ruru (茹茹) ethnic group (also known as Rourans) in ancient northern China. (ii) adopted as a surname by the Pu Lou Ru (普陋茹) family from the Xianbei ethnic group in northern China during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534 AD).2: Mandarin form of the surname 汝 meaning ‘you’ in ancient Chinese: (i) from the placename Ru Chuan (汝川) the name of a fief (located in Henan province) granted to the youngest son of King Ping of Zhou (died 720 BC). The surname may alternatively be derived from Ru (汝) the name of a river (also located in present-day Henan province). (ii) borne by descendants of Ru Jiu (汝鳩) and Ru Fang (汝方) talented officials during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC).
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