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    The surname Ruiz

    A Spanish surname, the 89th most common in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R200

    Ruiz: #89 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ruiz #89, 238,234 people Ruiz: #89 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#1,000Archer Ruiz #89, 238,234 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruiz is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 238,234 people named Ruiz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,296 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 175,429.

    #89
    rank among US surnames
    238,234
    people in 2010
    81
    per 100,000 Americans
    +35.8%
    change since 2000 (was #129)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #80Richardson259,7981,188
    #81Watson252,5791,222
    #82Brooks251,6631,227
    #83Chavez250,8981,231
    #84Wood250,7151,231
    #85James249,3791,238
    #86Bennett247,5991,247

    Who is named Ruiz

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

    93% of people named Ruiz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Ruizs

    17 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
      54th President of Mexico, 1890–1973
    • Juan Ruiz
      14th century Castilian poet, 1283–1350
    • John Ruiz
      American former professional boxer, born 1972
    • Tracie Ruiz
      American synchronized swimmer, born 1963
    • Pablo Ruiz
      Argentine singer, born 1975
    • Raul Ruiz
      American physician and politician (born 1972)
    • Justo Ruiz
      Andorran/Spanish football player/manager, born 1969
    • Alan Ruiz
      Argentine footballer, born 1993
    • 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, 1935–2022
    • Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi
      Apostolic nuncio to Benin and Togo, born 1964

    Notable Ruizs come mostly from the United States (7), Argentina (5) and Mexico (1).

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    Surnames that sound like Ruiz

    Ruiz has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ruiz come from?
    Ruiz is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Ruiz?
    238,234 people in the United States had the surname Ruiz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,296 Americans. It ranked 89th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ruiz?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ruiz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ruiz?
    Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, 54th President of Mexico, followed by Juan Ruiz.
    Where is the surname Ruiz most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ruiz in the United States, Argentina and Mexico and 3 other countries.
    Is the surname Ruiz getting more or less common?
    More common. 175,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 238,234 in 2010, up 36%.