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    The surname Rus

    A surname, carried by 1,084 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Rus: #23,457 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rus #23,457, 1,084 people Rus: #23,457 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rus #23,457, 1,084 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rus is more common than 85.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,084 people named Rus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,821 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 804.

    #23,457
    rank among US surnames
    1,084
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.8%
    change since 2000 (was #28,049)

    Who is named Rus

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

    95% of people named Rus identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rus

    Rus has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rus?
    1,084 people in the United States had the surname Rus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,821 Americans. It ranked 23,457th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rus?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rus getting more or less common?
    More common. 804 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,084 in 2010, up 35%.