The Ruz surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 394 people carried this name — #49,965 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Ruz.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Finistère.
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
24 people named Ruz 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ruz.
- Ruth 15,481 · U.S. census
- Rutigliano 994 · U.S. census
- Rutkowski 6,773 · U.S. census
- Rutten 899 · U.S. census
- Rutter 7,014 · U.S. census
- Ruys 144 · U.S. census
- Ryan 139,335 · U.S. census
- Rybak 1,882 · U.S. census
- Rybarczyk 854 · U.S. census
- Rybicki 1,814 · U.S. census
- Rybka 641 · U.S. census
- Ryder 14,004 · U.S. census
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