The Rutten surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 872 people carried this name — #27,604 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is down 3% from 899 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,894 people named Rutten 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 Limburg.
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 78 people named Rutten.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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
41 people named Rutten live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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.
Who carried it
People named Rutten,
with a public archive behind them.
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Martin Rutten 1841–1927 · Catholic bishop -
Albert Rutten 1797–1851 · politician
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Scholastica Rutten 1804–1836
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Johannes Rutten 1809–1884 · painter
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Cornelis Rutten 1834–1918
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Jacob Rutten 1839–1870
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rutten.
- Ruster 197 · U.S. census
- Rusterholz 106 · U.S. census
- Ruta 655 · U.S. census
- Ruth 15,012 · U.S. census
- Rutigliano 1,146 · U.S. census
- Rutkowski 6,805 · U.S. census
- Rutter 7,205 · U.S. census
- Ruys 153 · U.S. census
- Ruz 491 · U.S. census
- Ryan 143,452 · U.S. census
- Rybak 1,934 · U.S. census
- Rybarczyk 851 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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