Find out how popular the last name Ruelos is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Ruelos.

Ruelos, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Ruelos surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ruelos in America

Ruelos is the 123064th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ruelos surname appeared 140 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Ruelos.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ruelos to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Ruelos

The surname RUELOS originates from Spain, with its earliest known records dating back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Spanish word "ruelo," which means "a small wheel or roller." This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone who worked with wheels or rollers, such as a miller or a cartwright.

In the medieval period, the name was primarily found in the regions of Aragon and Catalonia, where it was often spelled as "Ruellos" or "Ruello." One of the earliest recorded instances of the name is in a document from the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña in Aragon, dated 1152, which mentions a certain "Pedro Ruellos."

The name RUELOS does not appear to have been included in the famous Domesday Book, which was a survey of landowners in England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. However, there are records of individuals with similar-sounding names, such as "Roellos" and "Ruellus," in other medieval manuscripts from the British Isles.

One of the earliest known bearers of the surname RUELOS was Juan Ruelos, a Spanish soldier who fought in the Reconquista, the centuries-long struggle to drive the Moors out of the Iberian Peninsula. He was born around 1280 in Zaragoza and participated in the capture of Gibraltar in 1309.

Another notable figure was Isabel Ruelos, a 15th-century Spanish nun and mystic who founded the Convent of Santa María de la Encarnación in Ávila. She was born in 1432 and is venerated as a beata (blessed) in the Catholic Church.

In the 16th century, a prominent member of the Ruelos family was Álvaro Ruelos, a Spanish explorer and navigator who accompanied Ferdinand Magellan on his famous circumnavigation of the globe. Álvaro was born in Seville in 1495 and served as Magellan's pilot during the voyage, which began in 1519.

During the 17th century, the name RUELOS gained some recognition in the arts, with the painter Juan Ruelos (1620-1675) from Valencia, whose works can be found in various churches and museums in Spain.

In the 18th century, there was a notable military figure named Francisco Ruelos (1725-1798), a Spanish general who fought in the American Revolutionary War as part of the Spanish forces that allied with the American colonists against the British.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ruelos

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Ruelos.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Ruelos was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Ruelos has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Ruelos was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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