How common is the surname Ruggiero?

9,263 people in the United States had the surname Ruggiero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,331 Americans. It ranked 3,825th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ruggiero?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ruggiero identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ruggiero?

Angela Ruggiero, American women's ice hockey player, followed by Benjamin Ruggiero.

Where is the surname Ruggiero most common?

Wikidata records people named Ruggiero in the United States.

Is the surname Ruggiero getting more or less common?

More common. 9,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,263 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Ruggiero

An Italian surname, carried by 9,263 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruggiero is more common than 97.6% 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 9,263 people named Ruggiero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,331 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,111.

#3,825

rank among US surnames

9,263

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,583)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,816	Neeley	9,288	33,241
#3,817	Wiese	9,287	33,245
#3,818	Maas	9,285	33,252
#3,819	Joe	9,280	33,270
#3,820	Whitson	9,273	33,295
#3,822	Bohn	9,272	33,299
#3,823	Bourne	9,270	33,306

Who is named Ruggiero

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

95% of people named Ruggiero identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ruggieros

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Angela Ruggiero
American women's ice hockey player, born 1980
Benjamin Ruggiero
American mobster (1926-1994)
Allelon Ruggiero
Actor, born 1971

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ruggiero

Ruggiero 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 Ruggiero come from?: Ruggiero is Italian in origin.
How common is the surname Ruggiero?: 9,263 people in the United States had the surname Ruggiero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,331 Americans. It ranked 3,825th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ruggiero?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ruggiero identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ruggiero?: Angela Ruggiero, American women's ice hockey player, followed by Benjamin Ruggiero.
Where is the surname Ruggiero most common?: Wikidata records people named Ruggiero in the United States.
Is the surname Ruggiero getting more or less common?: More common. 9,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,263 in 2010, up 1.7%.