Ruark is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ruark
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ruark

How popular is Ruark?

Ruark is common in United States.

Ruark is ranked 131372 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ruarks plummeted by 0.1855288 per cent to 2690 since 2000 and slipped by 798 spots and ranked at 11653. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.72 95.7
Others 2.08 1.45
Hispanic or Latino 1.82 0.85
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.64 0.78
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.52 0.93
Black 0.22 0.3
Ruark is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Jersey. Around 2986 people have been found who wears Ruark as their family name. Ruark is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
214,847 Australia4
1,777 Jersey2
12,161 Wales2
107,212 South Africa1
7,191 Afghanistan1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
153,416 Italy1
492,292 Ukraine1
172,258 Germany1
36,678 Singapore1
38,841 Scotland1
1,179 Swaziland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
126,462 England22
189,966 Canada11
Countries with thousands of Ruark:
12,101 United States2,928

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Ruark worked as sewer and hailed from Co.Lathross, Ireland. During the great famine, 22 years old embarked for Elizabeth-Nj from Liverpool on Niagara and arrived on November 25, 1847.

Ruark Namesakes

  • Gibbons Ruark, Poet
  • Robert Ruark, Author
  • Ann Ruark, Film producer
  • Gibbons Ruark, Poet
  • Jeanne Ruark Hoff, Basketball Player
  • Arthur Edward Ruark, Physicist
  • Garrett Ruark, Michelle Duggar's father
  • Carl Ruark, Actor
  • Ethel Ruark, Michelle Duggar's mother
  • James E. Ruark, Author
  • In 1971, Denys Ruark portrayed the role of Denys in drama film The Weekend.

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