The Ruta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 655 people carried this name — #34,539 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is down 1% from 662 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
2,949 people named Ruta have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 3,254 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 Greater 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 187 people named Ruta 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Ruta.
Most of them — 36 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Oise.
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
59 people named Ruta live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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
25 people named Ruta 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ruta.
- Russo 48,696 · U.S. census
- Russon 419 · U.S. census
- Rust 12,086 · U.S. census
- Rustan 225 · U.S. census
- Ruster 197 · U.S. census
- Rusterholz 106 · U.S. census
- Ruth 15,012 · U.S. census
- Rutigliano 1,146 · U.S. census
- Rutkowski 6,805 · U.S. census
- Rutten 872 · U.S. census
- Rutter 7,205 · U.S. census
- Ruys 153 · U.S. census
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