The Rus surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 804 people carried this name — #28,049 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
1,896 people named Rus have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 2,219 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 158 people named Rus 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Rus.
Most of them — 42 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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
39 people named Rus live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rus.
- Rup 160 · U.S. census
- Rupert 7,875 · U.S. census
- Rupp 11,199 · U.S. census
- Ruppe 1,337 · U.S. census
- Ruppel 2,289 · U.S. census
- Ruppert 5,233 · U.S. census
- Rusca 121 · U.S. census
- Rusch 4,655 · U.S. census
- Ruscher 260 · U.S. census
- Rusconi 401 · U.S. census
- Ruse 1,101 · U.S. census
- Rusek 373 · U.S. census
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