How common is the surname Dudley?

35,781 people in the United States had the surname Dudley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,629 Americans. It ranked 972nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dudley?

Jared Dudley, American basketball player (born 1985), followed by Olivia Dudley.

Where is the surname Dudley most common?

Wikidata records people named Dudley in the United States and the Kingdom of England.

How do you pronounce Dudley?

Dudley is /ˈdʌdli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dudley getting more or less common?

More common. 34,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 35,781 in 2010, up 2.9%.

Is Dudley also a first name?

Yes. Dudley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Dudley

An English place surname, carried by 35,781 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdʌdli/ 2 syllables Soundex D340 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dudley is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".

Dudley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 35,781 people named Dudley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,629 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 34,770.

#972

rank among US surnames

35,781

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #912)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#963	Andersen	36,150	8,541
#964	Spence	36,129	8,546
#965	McPherson	36,125	8,547
#966	Church	36,072	8,559
#967	Schmitt	36,043	8,566
#968	Stanton	35,997	8,577
#969	Leal	35,958	8,586

Who is named Dudley

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

66% of people named Dudley identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dudleys

18 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jared Dudley
American basketball player (born 1985)
Olivia Dudley
American actress, born 1985
Anne Dallas Dudley
American women's suffrage activist (1876-1955)
Chris Dudley
American basketball player (born 1965)
William Russel Dudley
Botanist (1849-1911)
Robert Dudley
American actor (1869–1955)
William C. Dudley
American banker, born 1952
Bill Dudley
American football player (1921-2010)
Underwood Dudley
American mathematician, born 1937
Dave Dudley
American musician (1928–2003)
Charles E. Dudley
American politician, New York, 1780–1841
James Dudley
Baseball player; professional wrestling executive (1910–2004)

Notable Dudleys come mostly from the United States (17) and the Kingdom of England (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Dowdall

Dudley has the Soundex code D340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D340.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dudley come from?: From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".
How common is the surname Dudley?: 35,781 people in the United States had the surname Dudley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,629 Americans. It ranked 972nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dudley?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Dudley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dudley?: Jared Dudley, American basketball player (born 1985), followed by Olivia Dudley.
Where is the surname Dudley most common?: Wikidata records people named Dudley in the United States and the Kingdom of England.
How do you pronounce Dudley?: Dudley is /ˈdʌdli/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Dudley?: Dudley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dudley getting more or less common?: More common. 34,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 35,781 in 2010, up 2.9%.
What are other spellings of Dudley?: Dowdall.
Is Dudley also a first name?: Yes. Dudley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.