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    The surname Rua

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,359 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R000

    Rua: #19,796 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rua #19,796, 1,359 people Rua: #19,796 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rua #19,796, 1,359 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rua is more common than 87.8% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Rua and Galician Rúa.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,359 people named Rua in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,186 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,060.

    #19,796
    rank among US surnames
    1,359
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.2%
    change since 2000 (was #22,637)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,796Rua1,359227,186
    #19,803Cahn1,358227,353

    Who is named Rua

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

    52% of people named Rua identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 52%
    • White (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Ruas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Francisco Rúa
      Argentine footballer (1911–1993)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rua

    Rua has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rua come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Rua and Galician Rúa.
    How common is the surname Rua?
    1,359 people in the United States had the surname Rua in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,186 Americans. It ranked 19,796th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rua?
    In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Rua identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rua?
    Francisco Rúa, Argentine footballer (1911–1993).
    Where is the surname Rua most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rua in Argentina.
    Is the surname Rua getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,359 in 2010, up 28%.