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    The surname Ruch

    A surname, carried by 3,682 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Ruch: #8,891 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ruch #8,891, 3,682 people Ruch: #8,891 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ruch #8,891, 3,682 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruch is more common than 94.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,682 people named Ruch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,853 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,555.

    #8,891
    rank among US surnames
    3,682
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #8,534)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,887Bisson3,68583,784
    #8,888Langham3,68483,807
    #8,890Vereen3,68383,830
    #8,891Diorio3,68283,853
    #8,894Wentzel3,68183,875

    Who is named Ruch

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

    95% of people named Ruch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ruch

    Ruch has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ruch?
    3,682 people in the United States had the surname Ruch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,853 Americans. It ranked 8,891st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ruch?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ruch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ruch getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,682 in 2010, up 3.6%.