Ruke Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 3
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 2
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Ruke Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ruke family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 3
Female Servant 1
Boarder 1
Farmer 1
Carpenter 1
Pastry Cook 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ruke

Name Census Frequency
Mary Ruke 9
William Ruke 8
John Ruke 7
Sarah Ruke 7
Ann Ruke 5
Henry Ruke 5
Joseph Ruke 5
Elizabeth Ruke 4
George Ruke 4
Emily Ruke 3
Emma Ruke 3
Alfred Ruke 2
Alice Ruke 2
Bridget Ruke 2
Caroline Ruke 2
Charles Ruke 2
Edith Ruke 2
Edwin Ruke 2
Ernestine Ruke 2
Gustow Ruke 2
James Ruke 2
Jane Ruke 2
Mark Ruke 2
Samuel Ruke 2
Thomas Ruke 2

Ruke Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rooke 60% 15,237
2 Rook 25% 14,526
3 Roake 60% 2,197
4 Rake 75% 1,993
5 Reek 25% 1,371
6 Reekie 50% 732
7 Rouke 80% 506
8 Roak 25% 398
9 Roke 75% 354
10 Rike 75% 166
11 Reak 25% 147
12 Ruke 100% 134
13 Reake 60% 101

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The surname Ruke is the 12th most popular variant of Rooke.

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