The Ruys surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 153 people carried this name — #114,424 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 144 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 346 people named Ruys 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 East Flanders.
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 53 people named Ruys.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Ain.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ruys.
- Ruta 655 · 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
- Ruz 491 · U.S. census
- Ryan 143,452 · U.S. census
- Rybak 1,934 · U.S. census
- Rybarczyk 851 · U.S. census
- Rybicki 1,752 · U.S. census
- Rybka 646 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ruys is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.