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Surname Ruud (Ruud
, رود
, ルート
, and others...) , in the entire world, is quite a common last name. The cognomen Ruud is characteristic of Northern Europe, particularly Norway, where it is a common surname, Sweden, where it is quite a rare surname, and Denmark. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Norway, the United States, and Sweden. Likewise, Ruud is the forename as well as the last name.