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    The surname Ruvalcaba

    A surname, carried by 11,220 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex R142

    Ruvalcaba: #3,217 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ruvalcaba #3,217, 11,220 people Ruvalcaba: #3,217 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ruvalcaba #3,217, 11,220 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruvalcaba is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,220 people named Ruvalcaba in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,517 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,673.

    #3,217
    rank among US surnames
    11,220
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +46.2%
    change since 2000 (was #4,274)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,208Wellman11,26027,420
    #3,209Montague11,25827,425
    #3,210Gaspar11,25127,442
    #3,211Paulsen11,24327,461
    #3,212Harwood11,23827,473
    #3,214Victor11,23427,483
    #3,215Stanfield11,22927,495

    Who is named Ruvalcaba

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

    98% of people named Ruvalcaba identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 98%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ruvalcaba

    Ruvalcaba has the Soundex code R142, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R142.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ruvalcaba?
    11,220 people in the United States had the surname Ruvalcaba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,517 Americans. It ranked 3,217th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ruvalcaba?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Ruvalcaba identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ruvalcaba getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,220 in 2010, up 46%.