Family name Ruta (Ruta 
, Rūta 
, Рута 
) , throughout the world, is a common surname. The cognomen Ruta is characteristic of Poland, where it is quite a common surname, Italy, where it is quite a rare surname, and Lithuania. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Poland, Italy, and Philippines. Also, Ruta is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Ruta | Italy, India, Philippines, Poland, Lithuania |
| Rūta | Sweden, Spain, Latvia, United Kingdom, Lithuania |
| Рута | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Lithuania |
| ルタ | Japan |
| clemente ruta Italian painter (1685-1767), IT (b. 1685) |
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gilda ruta Italian pianist and composer, US (b. 1853) |
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| eloisa ruta Italian poetess (1822-), IT (b. 1822) |
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| michele ruta Italian composer, IT (b. 1827) |
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| antonino galfo ruta Italian politician, IT (b. 1861) |
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| enrico ruta Italian philosopher, IT (b. 1869) |
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ruta birgere Latvian actress (1924-2019), LV (b. 1924) |
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ruta czaplińska PL (b. 1918) |
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| rudolf ruta holocaust victim, b. 1883-03-16, CZ (b. 1883) |
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| antoni ruta PL (b. 1875) |
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ruta lee Canadian actress and dancer, CA (b. 1936) |
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| riccardo ruta (b. 1877) |
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| ruta grinman Victim of the Holocaust, PL (b. 1900) |
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| tadeusz ruta Polish artist, creator of Krakow Christmas cribs, PL (b. 1900) |
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carlo ruta Italian journalist, IT (b. 1953) |
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