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RUGGLES

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There are approximately 690 people named Ruggles in the UK. That makes it the 8,931th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 11 are named Ruggles.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Ruggles surname in historical dictionaries

RUGGLES. 1. This coarsely plebeian name may be from a "noble Norman source," Rngles being the designation of a village in the department of Eure. 2. Anciently Roggyle and Riiggle. It has been conjectured that the family sprang from the De Rugeleys of Staffordshire ; but this is improbabl

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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