How common is the surname Rugh?

1,001 people in the United States had the surname Rugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,437 Americans. It ranked 24,855th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Rugh getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,043 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,001 in 2010, down 4.0%.

The surname Rugh

A surname, carried by 1,001 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rugh is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,001 people named Rugh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 308,437 Americans. That is down 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,043.

#24,855

rank among US surnames

1,001

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-4%

change since 2000 (was #22,910)

Who is named Rugh

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

96% of people named Rugh identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rugh

Rugh 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 Rugh?: 1,001 people in the United States had the surname Rugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,437 Americans. It ranked 24,855th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rugh?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rugh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Rugh getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,043 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,001 in 2010, down 4.0%.