The Arruda surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,532 people carried this name — #7,351 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,900 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,293 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Arruda surname
Arruda: a surname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Arruda» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 393 people named Arruda live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
26 people named Arruda live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Arruda in American newspapers,
1913–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 413 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Arruda,
with a public archive behind them.
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Augusto Rebelo Arruda 1888–1964 · lawyer -
Suzy Arruda 1917–2005 · actor -
Fabio Arruda 1970–2024 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Augusto Rebelo Arruda: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Fabio Arruda: Blanksuporte, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 56 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Arruda,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States483 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 305
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 133
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 40
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Everett ArrudaBorn 1921 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at Boston; driver from Bristol County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Richard Hathaway ArrudaBorn 1948; from Wareham, Massachusetts. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.
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Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Herbert ArrudaU.S. Coast Guard veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1969; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 483 records for Arruda in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Canada3 records
- City of Calgary cemetery records 2
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Lucia Dos Amjos ArrudaBuried in 1974 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 20.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Maria Martins ArrudaDied 1990; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Lucia ArrudaBuried in 1974 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Arruda.
- Arrigoni 487 · U.S. census
- Arrington 22,840 · U.S. census
- Arriola 7,877 · U.S. census
- Arro 119 · U.S. census
- Arrowood 4,681 · U.S. census
- Arroyo 50,614 · U.S. census
- Arrufat 100 · U.S. census
- Arsenault 8,760 · U.S. census
- Arslan 653 · U.S. census
- Arslanian 564 · U.S. census
- Arson 112 · U.S. census
- Arteaga 19,410 · U.S. census
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