How common is the surname Ridder?

1,787 people in the United States had the surname Ridder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,773 Americans. It ranked 16,171st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ridder?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ridder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ridder?

Eric Ridder, American sailor, followed by Desmond Ridder.

Where is the surname Ridder most common?

Wikidata records people named Ridder in the United States.

Is the surname Ridder getting more or less common?

More common. 1,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,787 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Ridder

A surname, carried by 1,787 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ridder is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

; surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,787 people named Ridder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,773 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,583.

#16,171

rank among US surnames

1,787

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+12.9%

change since 2000 (was #16,655)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,166	Hayek	1,788	172,676
#16,171	Macario	1,787	172,773
#16,179	Rickards	1,786	172,870

Who is named Ridder

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

95% of people named Ridder identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ridders

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eric Ridder
American sailor, 1918–1996
Desmond Ridder
American football quarterback, born 1999

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ridder

Ridder has the Soundex code R360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R360.

Questions

Where does the surname Ridder come from?: ; surname
How common is the surname Ridder?: 1,787 people in the United States had the surname Ridder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,773 Americans. It ranked 16,171st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ridder?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ridder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ridder?: Eric Ridder, American sailor, followed by Desmond Ridder.
Where is the surname Ridder most common?: Wikidata records people named Ridder in the United States.
Is the surname Ridder getting more or less common?: More common. 1,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,787 in 2010, up 13%.