How common is the surname Ruse?

859 people in the United States had the surname Ruse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 359,424 Americans. It ranked 27,918th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ruse?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ruse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ruse?

Michael Ruse, British-Canadian science philosopher (1940–2024).

Where is the surname Ruse most common?

Wikidata records people named Ruse in the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Ruse?

Ruse is /ˈɹuːz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Ruse getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,101 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 859 in 2010, down 22%.

The surname Ruse

A surname, carried by 859 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɹuːz/ 1 syllable Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruse is more common than 82.8% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, variant of Rouse, Rowse. * As a German surname, variant of Reuss, Reusse. * As a Czech surname, Americanized from Rus (“Russian”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 859 people named Ruse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 359,424 Americans. That is down 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,101.

#27,918

rank among US surnames

859

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-22%

change since 2000 (was #21,958)

Who is named Ruse

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

92% of people named Ruse identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ruses

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Ruse
British-Canadian science philosopher (1940–2024)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ruse

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

Questions

Where does the surname Ruse come from?: * As an English surname, variant of Rouse, Rowse. * As a German surname, variant of Reuss, Reusse. * As a Czech surname, Americanized from Rus (“Russian”).
How common is the surname Ruse?: 859 people in the United States had the surname Ruse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 359,424 Americans. It ranked 27,918th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ruse?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ruse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ruse?: Michael Ruse, British-Canadian science philosopher (1940–2024).
Where is the surname Ruse most common?: Wikidata records people named Ruse in the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Ruse?: Ruse is /ˈɹuːz/, one syllable.
Is the surname Ruse getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,101 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 859 in 2010, down 22%.