Ruen Family History
- Ruen Name Meaning
- German: variant of Ruhn, from a short form of a personal name such as Ruomald. altered spelling of Rühen, reduced form of German Rüden or Ruden. ExG*** Norwegian: unexplained. Possibly an altered spelling of Irish and Scottish Ruane. BR, EML, kh. IGI 16 German, 9 English; 1880: 50, 2 Nor, 4 Ger, 7 Ire. English census 1881 has 1, born Ger.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 10,804 Historical Documents with Ruen on Ancestry
- 4,011 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,921 Census and Voter Lists
- 237 Military Records
- 232 Immigration Records
- 4,403 Member Trees
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Number of Ruen families
 4 - 5  2 - 3 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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