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    The surname Rutan

    A surname, carried by 2,376 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R350

    Rutan: #12,931 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rutan #12,931, 2,376 people Rutan: #12,931 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rutan #12,931, 2,376 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rutan is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,376 people named Rutan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,943 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,347.

    #12,931
    rank among US surnames
    2,376
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,168)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,927Riggleman2,378129,834
    #12,929Hause2,377129,889
    #12,931Sanson2,376129,943
    #12,935Marden2,375129,998

    Who is named Rutan

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

    93% of people named Rutan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rutans

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Burt Rutan
      American aerospace engineer (born 1943)
    • Erik Rutan
      American musician and record producer, born 1971
    • Dick Rutan
      American aviator, test pilot, and recipient of the Purple Heart medal, 1938–2024

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rutan

    Rutan has the Soundex code R350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rutan?
    2,376 people in the United States had the surname Rutan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,943 Americans. It ranked 12,931st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rutan?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rutan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Rutan?
    Burt Rutan, American aerospace engineer (born 1943), followed by Erik Rutan.
    Where is the surname Rutan most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rutan in the United States.
    Is the surname Rutan getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,347 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,376 in 2010, up 1.2%.