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    The surname Ruley

    A surname, carried by 1,335 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R400

    Ruley: #20,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ruley #20,037, 1,335 people Ruley: #20,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ruley #20,037, 1,335 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruley is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,335 people named Ruley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,270 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,192.

    #20,037
    rank among US surnames
    1,335
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12%
    change since 2000 (was #20,642)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,029Mangini1,336231,097
    #20,037Hirschfeld1,335231,270

    Who is named Ruley

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

    81% of people named Ruley identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ruley

    Ruley 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 Ruley?
    1,335 people in the United States had the surname Ruley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,270 Americans. It ranked 20,037th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ruley?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Ruley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ruley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,192 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,335 in 2010, up 12%.