Ruden Family History
- Ruden Name Meaning
- German: habitational name from any of several places named Ruda, Rudau, Rude, Ruden or Rüde. German (Rüden): patronymic from the personal name Rüde (see Rude 1). Swedish (Rudén): ornamental name composed of the place name element rud- ‘woodland clearing’ + the common surname suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius. OV, LP
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 34,875 Historical Documents with Ruden on Ancestry
- 11,251 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 5,483 Census and Voter Lists
- 892 Military Records
- 1,426 Immigration Records
- 15,823 Member Trees
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Number of Ruden families
 6 - 9  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Ruden census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Ruden census records
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