How common is the surname Ruh?

1,047 people in the United States had the surname Ruh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,886 Americans. It ranked 24,064th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ruh?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ruh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ruh getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,047 in 2010, down 1.4%.

The surname Ruh

A surname, carried by 1,047 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruh is more common than 85.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,047 people named Ruh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,886 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,062.

#24,064

rank among US surnames

1,047

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #22,591)

Who is named Ruh

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

93% of people named Ruh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

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 Ruh

Ruh has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.

Questions

How common is the surname Ruh?: 1,047 people in the United States had the surname Ruh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,886 Americans. It ranked 24,064th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ruh?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ruh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ruh getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,047 in 2010, down 1.4%.