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    The surname Rulo

    A French surname, carried by 543 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rulo is more common than 75.2% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Probably an Americanized spelling of a French surname, such as Rouleau or Rulon.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 543 people named Rulo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 502.

    #40,313
    rank among US surnames
    543
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #40,987)

    Who is named Rulo

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

    95% of people named Rulo identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Rulo

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

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rulo come from?
    Probably an Americanized spelling of a French surname, such as Rouleau or Rulon.
    How common is the surname Rulo?
    543 people in the United States had the surname Rulo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. It ranked 40,313th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rulo?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rulo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rulo getting more or less common?
    More common. 502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 543 in 2010, up 8.2%.