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    The surname Rucks

    A surname, carried by 1,240 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Rucks: #21,173 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rucks #21,173, 1,240 people Rucks: #21,173 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rucks #21,173, 1,240 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rucks is more common than 87% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,240 people named Rucks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,988 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,262.

    #21,173
    rank among US surnames
    1,240
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,752)

    Who is named Rucks

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

    66% of people named Rucks identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rucks

    Rucks 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 Rucks?
    1,240 people in the United States had the surname Rucks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,988 Americans. It ranked 21,173rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rucks?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Rucks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Rucks getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,240 in 2010, down 1.7%.