The Rusin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,620 people carried this name — #17,419 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 181,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,536 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Rusin surname
A male surname originating as an ethnonym.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rusín» (Slovak), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
7,508 people named Rusin have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,463 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 Lesser Poland.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 70 people named Rusin.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 41 people named Rusin 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
20 people named Rusin live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 the Nordic population registers
49 people named Rusin 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).
Who carried it
People named Rusin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Władysław Rusin 1885–1949 · military officer -
Mikołaj Rusin d. 1375 · Catholic priest
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Jan Rusin 1889–1946 · politician
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Bartłomiej Rusin 1910–1983
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Antoni Rusin 1910–1974
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Stanisław Rusin 1921–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rusin.
- Rusca 143 · U.S. census
- Rusch 4,703 · U.S. census
- Ruscher 252 · U.S. census
- Rusconi 434 · U.S. census
- Ruse 859 · U.S. census
- Rusek 401 · U.S. census
- Russ 16,300 · U.S. census
- Russe 190 · U.S. census
- Russeau 391 · U.S. census
- Russel 4,195 · U.S. census
- Russell 221,558 · U.S. census
- Russello 303 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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