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The surname Ruano

A surname, carried by 5,478 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R500

Ruano: #6,240 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ruano #6,240, 5,478 people Ruano: #6,240 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ruano #6,240, 5,478 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruano is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,478 people named Ruano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,361 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,754.

#6,240
rank among US surnames
5,478
people in 2010
1.9
per 100,000 Americans
+45.9%
change since 2000 (was #8,134)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,235Deming5,48256,320
#6,238Carothers5,48056,340
#6,239Chartier5,47956,351
#6,240Ruano5,47856,361
#6,241Soler5,47756,371
#6,242Lenhart5,47656,382

Who is named Ruano

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

92% of people named Ruano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
  • White (not Hispanic) 5.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Two or more races 0.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ruano

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

Questions

How common is the surname Ruano?
5,478 people in the United States had the surname Ruano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,361 Americans. It ranked 6,240th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ruano?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ruano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Ruano getting more or less common?
More common. 3,754 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,478 in 2010, up 46%.