Last Name RUIS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Jewish, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian

Rank	17,040 (2000 US census)	12,961 (1990 US census)

Count	1,537 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

42.23%, or 649 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.91%, or 14 total occurrences, as black,
0.72%, or 11 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.11%, or 17 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.11%, or 17 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
53.94%, or 829 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Surnames that make great first names

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Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Double-barrelled surnames

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