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    The surname Ruperto

    An Italian surname, carried by 627 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R163

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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). Ruperto is more common than 77.9% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Ruperto. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 627 people named Ruperto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 492,417 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 502.

    #35,812
    rank among US surnames
    627
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.9%
    change since 2000 (was #40,987)

    Who is named Ruperto

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

    56% of people named Ruperto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 29% as white (not Hispanic) and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 56%
    • White (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 13%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ruperto

    Ruperto has the Soundex code R163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R163.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ruperto come from?
    Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Ruperto. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
    How common is the surname Ruperto?
    627 people in the United States had the surname Ruperto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 492,417 Americans. It ranked 35,812th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ruperto?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Ruperto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 29% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ruperto getting more or less common?
    More common. 502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 627 in 2010, up 25%.