The Ruck surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,066 people carried this name — #14,458 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 2,049 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 103 people named Ruck.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
60 people named Ruck live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 the Nordic population registers
46 people named Ruck is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Ruck in American newspapers,
1875–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Ruck,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hannah Ruck 1701–
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Lawrence Ruck 1820–1896 · land owner
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Amy Roberta Ruck 1878–1978 · screenwriter
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Christian Ruck 1881–1962 · architect
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Oliver Laurence Ruck 1881–1962 · soldier
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Rosa Rück 1897–1969 · politician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ruck.
- Rubio 50,788 · U.S. census
- Rubira 113 · U.S. census
- Rubis 408 · U.S. census
- Rubrecht 205 · U.S. census
- Ruby 9,091 · U.S. census
- Ruch 3,682 · U.S. census
- Ruda 1,085 · U.S. census
- Rude 4,661 · U.S. census
- Rudel 289 · U.S. census
- Rudi 360 · U.S. census
- Rudinger 112 · U.S. census
- Rudler 109 · U.S. census
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