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    The surname Ruggeri

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,942 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R260

    Ruggeri: #15,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ruggeri #15,171, 1,942 people Ruggeri: #15,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ruggeri #15,171, 1,942 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruggeri is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    A surname from Italian.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,942 people named Ruggeri in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,983 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,851.

    #15,171
    rank among US surnames
    1,942
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #14,715)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,163Welcher1,944158,820
    #15,166Martelli1,943158,901
    #15,171Ferman1,942158,983
    #15,178Llanas1,941159,065

    Who is named Ruggeri

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

    94% of people named Ruggeri identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • 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.

    Famous Ruggeris

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Oscar Ruggeri
      Argentine footballer and manager, born 1962

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ruggeri

    Ruggeri has the Soundex code R260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R260.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ruggeri come from?
    Ruggeri is Italian in origin.
    How common is the surname Ruggeri?
    1,942 people in the United States had the surname Ruggeri in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,983 Americans. It ranked 15,171st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ruggeri?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ruggeri identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Ruggeri?
    Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer and manager.
    Where is the surname Ruggeri most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ruggeri in Argentina.
    Is the surname Ruggeri getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,942 in 2010, up 4.9%.