Ruhé

surname · Latin script

Ruhé is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from German Ruhe.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 41K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 368K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 51K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,900 people, est.

Sources
185 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 41K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ruhe in US United States, DE Germany, CA Canada and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from German Ruhe.

Sources 2

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ruhé counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ruhé is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,900 est.≈1 in 41KlistedRuhe93
US United States9051 in 368K948Ruhe185
NL Netherlands3411 in 51K341Ruhe22
CA Canada≈230 est.≈1 in 165K—Ruhe17
GB United Kingdom≈95 est.≈1 in 689K43Ruhe38
DK Denmark431 in 136K43Ruhe20
NZ New Zealand≈31 est.≈1 in 158K—Ruhe13

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ruhé is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Ruhe, Rühe

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Netherlands

    Also written Ruhe

  • Portuguese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Netherlands

    Also written Ruhe, Rühe

  • Bulgarian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Poland, Slovenia

    Languages: Bulgarian, Polish

    Also written Ruhe, Rühe

  • Turkish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Ruhe, Rühe

  • Russian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, United States

    Also written Руэ, Ruhe, Rühe

  • Indonesian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written Ruhe, Rühe

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Ruhé under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ruhé mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from German Ruhe. Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of German and Wiktionary.
In which country does Ruhé have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 thousand people named Ruhé in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ruhe.
How common is the name Ruhé?
In the United States, the national register counted 905 people named Ruhé in 2010, about 1 in 368 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ruhé”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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