Ruel is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ruel
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Common surname in the Ardèche and Haute-Loire, also met in the Sarthe and Orne. This is a place name, sometimes diminutive street or ru (West), sometimes referring to the area for threshing wheat in Occitan rol, ruel (Massif Central).

How popular is Ruel?

Ruel is common in United States.

Ruel is ranked 51099 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ruel bearers increased by 3.662182 per cent in 2010 US census to 1387 since 2000, the surname slipped by 597 spots and ranked at 19480. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.94 90.36
Hispanic or Latino 8.58 6.43
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.52 1.12
Others 1.37 0.97
Black 1.23 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36 0
Ruel is quite popular family name mostly used in Canada while Saint Pierre and Miquelon is ahead in terms of density. Around 9273 people have been found who wears Ruel as their family name. Ruel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
440,449 Indonesia10
615,517 Russia6
11,342 Uruguay3
22,232 Morocco3
20,837 Venezuela2
24,766 Scotland2
40,256 Mexico2
20,595 China2
124,220 Italy2
2,309 Monaco1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
16,228 Bulgaria1
165,773 Belarus1
10,958 Bangladesh1
37,493 Austria1
30,360 Thailand1
1,704,541 India1
91,024 Belgium1
2,232 French Polynesia1
2,724 New Caledonia1
3,307 Malta1
29,046 Japan1
624 Solomon Islands1
7,895 South Korea1
16,640 Hong Kong1
492,292 Ukraine1
5,467 Haiti1
13,606 Senegal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,851 Netherlands44
23 Saint Pierre and Miquelon37
92,417 Australia17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
43,643 England91
6,029 Portugal74
33,773 Spain69
17,456 Switzerland63
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Ruel:
26,547 Brazil461
30,822 Philippines387
Countries with thousands of Ruel:
1,304 Canada3,933
3,346 France2,327
19,467 United States1,659
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Comments

M
Mildred Mckenny
Ruel is a masculinized form of alley, small street, designated the house located near a small street.

Ruel Namesakes

  • Aaron Ruell, Director
  • Andrée Ruellan, Artist
  • Andrée Ruellan, Artist
  • Francine Ruel, Actress
  • Muddy Ruel, Baseball player
  • Jolie Ruelle, Film director
  • Aaron Ruell, Director
  • Pat Ruel, Coach
  • Marie-Claude Ruel, Teacher
  • Pat Ruel, Coach

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