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    The surname Rueter

    A surname, carried by 1,255 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R360

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rueter is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,255 people named Rueter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,012 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,109.

    #20,971
    rank among US surnames
    1,255
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,848)

    Who is named Rueter

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

    96% of people named Rueter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    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 Rueter

    Rueter has the Soundex code R360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rueter?
    1,255 people in the United States had the surname Rueter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,012 Americans. It ranked 20,971st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rueter?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rueter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Rueter getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,255 in 2010, up 13%.