How common is the surname Ruland?

1,214 people in the United States had the surname Ruland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. It ranked 21,509th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ruland?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ruland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ruland?

Jeff Ruland, American basketball player-coach.

Where is the surname Ruland most common?

Wikidata records people named Ruland in the United States.

Is the surname Ruland getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,284 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,214 in 2010, down 5.5%.

The surname Ruland

A German surname, carried by 1,214 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruland is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,214 people named Ruland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. That is down 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,284.

#21,509

rank among US surnames

1,214

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-5.5%

change since 2000 (was #19,470)

Who is named Ruland

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

95% of people named Ruland identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rulands

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeff Ruland
American basketball player-coach, born 1958

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ruland

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ruland come from?: Ruland is German in origin.
How common is the surname Ruland?: 1,214 people in the United States had the surname Ruland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. It ranked 21,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ruland?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ruland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ruland?: Jeff Ruland, American basketball player-coach.
Where is the surname Ruland most common?: Wikidata records people named Ruland in the United States.
Is the surname Ruland getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,284 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,214 in 2010, down 5.5%.