How common is the surname Rue?

5,023 people in the United States had the surname Rue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,466 Americans. It ranked 6,721st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rue?

In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Rue identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).

Who is the most famous person named Rue?

Sara Rue, American actress, followed by Betsy Rue.

Where is the surname Rue most common?

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

Is the surname Rue getting more or less common?

More common. 4,905 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,023 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Rue

A surname, carried by 5,023 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rue is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,023 people named Rue in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,466 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,905.

#6,721

rank among US surnames

5,023

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,395)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,717	Brooke	5,027	61,417
#6,718	Amick	5,026	61,430
#6,720	Willie	5,025	61,442
#6,721	Wojciechowski	5,023	61,466

Who is named Rue

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

75% of people named Rue identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rues

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sara Rue
American actress, born 1979
Betsy Rue
American actress, born 1979
Danny La Rue
British entertainer (1927–2009)

Notable Rues come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rue

Rue has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.

Questions

How common is the surname Rue?: 5,023 people in the United States had the surname Rue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,466 Americans. It ranked 6,721st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rue?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Rue identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Rue?: Sara Rue, American actress, followed by Betsy Rue.
Where is the surname Rue most common?: Wikidata records people named Rue in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Rue getting more or less common?: More common. 4,905 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,023 in 2010, up 2.4%.