Explore the Family Name Ruhmann

The meaning of Ruhmann

1. South German: from a vernacular form of the personal name Roman. 2. North German (Rühmann): from a shortened form of Rüdemann, from Rüde (see Rude 1); generally it may be from any of the compound personal names containing the element hrōd ‘fame, renown’, for example Ruombald, Rumold. 3. North German (Rühmann): from Middle Low German rūge, rūwe ‘rough, unkempt, uncivilized’, a nickname for a person in various meanings of the word. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt.

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

Based on the decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Ruhmann saw a slight decrease in rank between 2000 and 2010, moving from 69,428 to 69,579. However, despite this marginal drop in rank, the actual count of people with the surname Ruhmann increased by 6.82%, rising from 264 in 2000 to 282 in 2010. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 remained steady at 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#69,428	#69,579	-0.22%
Count	264	282	6.82%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.1	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ruhmann

When examining the ethnic identity associated with the surname Ruhmann, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that it is predominantly associated with individuals identifying as White. In 2000, 98.86% of those with the Ruhmann surname identified as White, which decreased slightly to 98.23% in 2010. No significant changes were observed among other ethnic categories such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native, all showing zero percent both in 2000 and 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.86%	98.23%	-0.64%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%