Ruthven is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ruthven
No. of characters: 7
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ruthven

How popular is Ruthven?

Ruthven is common in South Africa.

Ruthven is ranked 100718 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ruthven bearers increased by 3.72549 per cent in 2010 US census to 529 since 2000, the surname slipped by 767 spots and ranked at 41164. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.79 96.86
Hispanic or Latino 1.13 1.37
Black 0.95 0
Ruthven is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in South Africa. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Scotland. Around 4155 people have been found who wears Ruthven as their family name. Ruthven is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
615,517 Russia6
9,949 Trinidad and Tobago6
131,225 Spain2
219,873 France2
1,704,541 India1
11,510 Oman1
172,258 Germany1
18,969 Wales1
153,416 Italy1
6,688 Malawi1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,338 Norway20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,515 New Zealand83
Countries with hundreds of Ruthven:
36,260 United States786
11,706 England527
8,637 Australia327
12,942 Canada295
2,536 Scotland269
Countries with thousands of Ruthven:
3,566 South Africa1,826

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Ruthven was 33 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 5, 1848. He lived in Ireland where he worked as shoemaker and took Speed from Liverpool. Agnes Ruthven (33) Immigrant, Isabella Ruthven, John Ruthven, Allen Ruthven, Mary-Anne Ruthven (Born at sea) Infant, are other Ruthven that migrated to US.

Ruthven Namesakes

  • Addison Ruthven, Jade Ruthven's daughter
  • Tyler Ruthven, Soccer Player
  • Malise Ruthven, Writer
  • John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, Earl of Gowrie
  • Tyler Ruthven, Soccer Player
  • James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter, Jr., Architect
  • Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, Earl of Gowrie
  • Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, Earl of Gowrie
  • Walter Hore-Ruthven, 10th Lord Ruthven of Freeland, Commanding officer
  • David Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven of Freeland, Politician

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