Explore the Family Name Ruckle

The meaning of Ruckle

South German (Rückle): from a pet form of Ruck 3. History: This name is also borne by a family of German origin who came to North America from Limerick, Ireland, in the 19th century. They had originally come to Ireland as Protestants from the Palatinate. Compare Ruttle.

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How common is the last name Ruckle in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Ruckle saw a slight decrease in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. Ranked 31,848 in 2000, the name slipped to 33,343 by 2010, a drop of 4.69%. In terms of raw numbers, however, there was no change in the count of individuals with this surname over the decade, remaining steady at 685. The proportion of people named Ruckle per 100,000 also decreased marginally from 0.25 to 0.23.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,848	#33,343	-4.69%
Count	685	685	0%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.23	-8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ruckle

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Ruckle, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, remained predominantly White from 2000 to 2010, only decreasing slightly from 95.62% to 95.18%. Over the same period, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic fell by 17.74% from 2.48% to 2.04%. There was a small increase in the number of people identifying as two or more races, rising from 1.31% in 2000 to 1.46% in 2010. Interestingly, the Asian/Pacific Islander demographic appeared on the 2010 census for the first time with 1.02%, while the counts for Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities remained suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.62%	95.18%	-0.46%
Hispanic	2.48%	2.04%	-17.74%
Two or More Races	1.31%	1.46%	11.45%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.02%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%