as a Last Name
- 1,518
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Ruud
Meaning & Origins
Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads, in eastern Norway particularly, named Rud, from Old Norse ruð ‘clearing’.
| 16,469th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,518
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Ruud per capita
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