How common is the surname Rutz?

3,282 people in the United States had the surname Rutz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,072 Americans. It ranked 9,854th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rutz?

In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Rutz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Rutz getting more or less common?

More common. 3,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,282 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Rutz

A surname, carried by 3,282 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rutz is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,282 people named Rutz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,072 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,157.

#9,854

rank among US surnames

3,282

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #9,450)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,848	Cavalier	3,285	93,986
#9,850	Bittle	3,284	94,015
#9,853	Morello	3,283	94,044
#9,854	Velazco	3,282	94,072
#9,859	O'Boyle	3,281	94,101

Who is named Rutz

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

69% of people named Rutz identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 28%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rutz

Rutz has the Soundex code R320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R320.

Questions

How common is the surname Rutz?: 3,282 people in the United States had the surname Rutz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,072 Americans. It ranked 9,854th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rutz?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Rutz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rutz getting more or less common?: More common. 3,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,282 in 2010, up 4.0%.