How common is the surname Ruck?

2,066 people in the United States had the surname Ruck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,441 Americans. It ranked 14,458th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ruck?

Alan Ruck, American actor and writer, followed by Amy Roberta Ruck.

Where is the surname Ruck most common?

Wikidata records people named Ruck in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Ruck getting more or less common?

More common. 2,049 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,066 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Ruck

A German surname, carried by 2,066 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruck is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As a German surname, from the noun Rücken (“back”). * Also as a German surname, shortened from derivatives of Rüdiger. * As an English surname, variant of Rook, itself from the noun rook (“type of crow”).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,066 people named Ruck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,441 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,049.

#14,458

rank among US surnames

2,066

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,593)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,453	Lobb	2,067	149,369
#14,458	Fray	2,066	149,441
#14,465	Banes	2,065	149,514

Who is named Ruck

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

89% of people named Ruck identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rucks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alan Ruck
American actor and writer, born 1956
Amy Roberta Ruck
British author (1878-1978)

Notable Rucks come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ruck

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ruck come from?: * As a German surname, from the noun Rücken (“back”). * Also as a German surname, shortened from derivatives of Rüdiger. * As an English surname, variant of Rook, itself from the noun rook (“type of crow”).
How common is the surname Ruck?: 2,066 people in the United States had the surname Ruck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,441 Americans. It ranked 14,458th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ruck?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Ruck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ruck?: Alan Ruck, American actor and writer, followed by Amy Roberta Ruck.
Where is the surname Ruck most common?: Wikidata records people named Ruck in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Ruck getting more or less common?: More common. 2,049 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,066 in 2010, up 0.8%.