# Ruiz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ruiz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 238,234 |
| US rank (2010) | 89 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,296 people |
| Change since 2000 | +36% (175,429 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ruiz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.2% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ruiz in the United States, Argentina, Mexico, Crown of Castile, Spain and Italy.

## People named Ruiz

- Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, 54th President of Mexico
- Juan Ruiz, 14th century Castilian poet
- John Ruiz, American former professional boxer
- Tracie Ruiz, American synchronized swimmer
- Pablo Ruiz, Argentine singer
- Raul Ruiz, American physician and politician (born 1972)
- Justo Ruiz, Andorran/Spanish football player/manager
- Alan Ruiz, Argentine footballer
- Susana Ruiz Cerutti, Argentinian lawyer and jurist (1940–2024)
- Hilton Ruiz, American musician of Puerto Rican descent (1952–2006)
- Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú, Argentinian journalist and writer
- Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi, apostolic nuncio to Benin and Togo

and 5 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Rizo, Ruis, Riaz, Rizk, Reyes, Ross, Rose, Rice, Rios, Reese, Rocha, Rich.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.