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    The surname Ruis

    A surname, carried by 1,662 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R200

    Ruis: #17,080 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ruis #17,080, 1,662 people Ruis: #17,080 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ruis #17,080, 1,662 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruis is more common than 89.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,662 people named Ruis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,767 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,537.

    #17,080
    rank among US surnames
    1,662
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.1%
    change since 2000 (was #17,040)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,072Flinchum1,663185,656
    #17,080Wile1,662185,767
    #17,087Kendig1,661185,879

    Who is named Ruis

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

    57% of people named Ruis identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 57%
    • White (not Hispanic) 39%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ruis

    Ruis 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 Ruis?
    1,662 people in the United States had the surname Ruis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,767 Americans. It ranked 17,080th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ruis?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Ruis identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ruis getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,662 in 2010, up 8.1%.