How common is the surname Ruud?

1,450 people in the United States had the surname Ruud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,928 Americans. It ranked 18,858th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ruud getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,450 in 2010, down 0.7%.

Is Ruud also a first name?

Yes. Ruud is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Ruud

A surname, carried by 1,450 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R300 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruud is more common than 88.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,450 people named Ruud in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,928 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,460.

#18,858

rank among US surnames

1,450

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #17,702)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,849	Berber	1,451	212,781
#18,858	Zagorski	1,450	212,928
#18,867	Balistreri	1,449	213,075

Who is named Ruud

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

96% of people named Ruud identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ruud

Ruud has the Soundex code R300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R300.

Questions

How common is the surname Ruud?: 1,450 people in the United States had the surname Ruud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,928 Americans. It ranked 18,858th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ruud?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ruud identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Ruud getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,450 in 2010, down 0.7%.
Is Ruud also a first name?: Yes. Ruud is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.