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    The surname Ruhland

    A surname, carried by 1,593 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R453

    Ruhland: #17,639 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ruhland #17,639, 1,593 people Ruhland: #17,639 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ruhland #17,639, 1,593 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruhland is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,593 people named Ruhland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,814 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,539.

    #17,639
    rank among US surnames
    1,593
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,014)

    Who is named Ruhland

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

    97% of people named Ruhland identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ruhland

    Ruhland has the Soundex code R453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R453.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ruhland?
    1,593 people in the United States had the surname Ruhland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,814 Americans. It ranked 17,639th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ruhland?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ruhland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ruhland getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,593 in 2010, up 3.5%.