The Ruggiero surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,263 people carried this name — #3,825 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 9,111 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,671 people named Ruggiero 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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
435 people named Ruggiero live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 303 people named Ruggiero.
129 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 130 people named Ruggiero live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Ruggiero in American newspapers,
1873–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,754 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ruggiero,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mariano Ruggiero 1822– · physician -
Pasquale Ruggiero 1851–1916 · painter -
Juan Ruggiero 1895–1933 · politician -
Carlo Ruggiero 1908–1976 · lawyer -
Gene Ruggiero 1910–2002 · film editor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 129 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ruggiero.
- Rufin 277 · U.S. census
- Rufo 1,301 · U.S. census
- Ruga 194 · U.S. census
- Rugani 245 · U.S. census
- Ruggeri 1,942 · U.S. census
- Ruggieri 2,174 · U.S. census
- Ruh 1,047 · U.S. census
- Ruhl 4,462 · U.S. census
- Ruhland 1,593 · U.S. census
- Rui 278 · U.S. census
- Ruis 1,662 · U.S. census
- Ruiz 238,234 · U.S. census
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