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    The surname Ruane

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,270 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R500

    Ruane: #13,427 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ruane #13,427, 2,270 people Ruane: #13,427 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ruane #13,427, 2,270 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruane is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized from Irish Ó Ruadháin (“descendant of Ruadhán”).

    Ruane is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,270 people named Ruane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,011 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,183.

    #13,427
    rank among US surnames
    2,270
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,911)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,418Presson2,271135,951
    #13,427Legere2,270136,011
    #13,431Renard2,269136,071
    #13,435Forshee2,268136,131

    Who is named Ruane

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

    94% of people named Ruane identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ruane

    Ruane has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ruane come from?
    Anglicized from Irish Ó Ruadháin (“descendant of Ruadhán”).
    How common is the surname Ruane?
    2,270 people in the United States had the surname Ruane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,011 Americans. It ranked 13,427th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ruane?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ruane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Ruane?
    Ruane is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Ruane getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,270 in 2010, up 4.0%.