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    The surname Ruesch

    A surname, carried by 1,054 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Ruesch: #23,943 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ruesch #23,943, 1,054 people Ruesch: #23,943 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ruesch #23,943, 1,054 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruesch is more common than 85.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,054 people named Ruesch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,927 Americans. That is down 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,164.

    #23,943
    rank among US surnames
    1,054
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -9.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,039)

    Who is named Ruesch

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

    95% of people named Ruesch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ruesch

    Ruesch 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 Ruesch?
    1,054 people in the United States had the surname Ruesch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,927 Americans. It ranked 23,943rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ruesch?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ruesch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ruesch getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,054 in 2010, down 9.5%.