How rare is the last name Ruth?

14,156 people in the United States have the last name Ruth, about 1 in 21,115. It ranks #2,483 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RUTH

#2,483

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,156
About
1 in 21,115
This common or more
50.3%
Who bears it

Of the 14,156 people with the last name Ruth, 78.6% reported their origin as White, 12.5% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ruth

#2,481 Lira · 14,173#2,482 Strange · 14,165#2,484 Perales · 14,154#2,485 Meehan · 14,152

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ruth, most common first.

#14,048 Rutt · 2,054#30,982 Ruta · 803#48,549 Rueth · 470#120,164 Rut · 152#136,082 Ruthe · 128#142,049 Rudh · 120#154,755 Rute · 102

Also a first name

As a first name, Ruth ranks #183 of 53,615, with 285,959 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1920, with 26,156 births. See Ruth as a first name

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