Ruling 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 4
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 4
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Ruling Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ruling family

Profession Census Frequency
Railway Porter 1
Assistant In Grocery Shop 1
Dairyman 1
Shoe Factory Assistant 1
Dairy Maid 1
Draper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ruling

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Ruling 9
Margaret Ruling 6
William Ruling 6
John Ruling 5
Mary Ruling 5
Sarah Ruling 5
Thomas Ruling 5
Bridget Ruling 4
Frederick Ruling 3
Patrick Ruling 3
Alexander Ruling 2
Annie Ruling 2
Edward Ruling 2
Emma Ruling 2
Fanny Ruling 2
Harriett Ruling 2
Henry Ruling 2
Joseph Ruling 2
Letatte Ruling 2
Robert Ruling 2
Adelaide Ruling 1
Alfred Ruling 1
Alice Ruling 1
Ann Ruling 1
Anne Ruling 1

Ruling Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Reeling 71% 708
2 Roling 83% 253
3 Arling 67% 149
4 Realing 71% 111
5 Earling 57% 107
6 Ruling 100% 106

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The surname Ruling is the 6th most popular variant of Reeling.

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