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    The surname Rule

    A surname, carried by 6,236 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R400

    Rule: #5,573 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rule #5,573, 6,236 people Rule: #5,573 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rule #5,573, 6,236 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rule is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,236 people named Rule in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,510 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,843.

    #5,573
    rank among US surnames
    6,236
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,471)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,569Nam6,24449,447
    #5,570Labelle6,24249,463
    #5,572Jacinto6,23849,494
    #5,573Rule6,23649,510

    Who is named Rule

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

    83% of people named Rule identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rules

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Janice Rule
      American actress (1931–2003)
    • Ann Rule
      American true crime writer (1931–2015)
    • Bob Rule
      American basketball player (1944–2019)
    • Margaret Rule
      British archaeologist (1928-2015)

    Notable Rules come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rule

    Rule has the Soundex code R400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rule?
    6,236 people in the United States had the surname Rule in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,510 Americans. It ranked 5,573rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rule?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Rule identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rule?
    Janice Rule, American actress (1931–2003), followed by Ann Rule.
    Where is the surname Rule most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rule in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Rule getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,236 in 2010, up 6.7%.