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    The surname Arruda

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 4,532 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A630

    Arruda: #7,351 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Arruda #7,351, 4,532 people Arruda: #7,351 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Arruda #7,351, 4,532 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arruda is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    From Portuguese Arruda.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,532 people named Arruda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,126 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,293.

    #7,351
    rank among US surnames
    4,532
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #7,169)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,342Crozier4,54167,991
    #7,343Surratt4,53968,021
    #7,344Boldt4,53868,036
    #7,345Gendron4,53768,051
    #7,347Haygood4,53668,066
    #7,348Liggett4,53568,081
    #7,350Dirks4,53468,096

    Who is named Arruda

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Arruda identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Arrudas

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Paulo César Arruda Parente
      Brazilian footballer, born 1978
    • Helton
      Brazilian footballer, born 1978
    • Carolina Kasting
      Brazilian actress, born 1975

    Notable Arrudas come mostly from Brazil (2) and Italy (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Dearruda
    • Doarruda
    • Darruda

    Surnames that sound like Arruda

    Arruda has the Soundex code A630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A630.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Arruda come from?
    From Portuguese Arruda.
    How common is the surname Arruda?
    4,532 people in the United States had the surname Arruda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,126 Americans. It ranked 7,351st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Arruda?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Arruda identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Arruda?
    Paulo César Arruda Parente, Brazilian footballer, followed by Helton.
    Where is the surname Arruda most common?
    Wikidata records people named Arruda in Brazil and Italy.
    Is the surname Arruda getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,293 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,532 in 2010, up 5.6%.
    What are other spellings of Arruda?
    Dearruda, Doarruda and Darruda.