How common is the surname Ridenour?

8,130 people in the United States had the surname Ridenour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,976 Americans. It ranked 4,373rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ridenour?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ridenour identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ridenour getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,130 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Ridenour

A surname, carried by 8,130 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R356

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ridenour is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,130 people named Ridenour in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,976 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,159.

#4,373

rank among US surnames

8,130

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,997)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,364	Ferrari	8,141	37,925
#4,365	Schoen	8,140	37,929
#4,366	Armour	8,139	37,934
#4,367	Moen	8,138	37,939
#4,368	Chaves	8,137	37,943
#4,371	Velarde	8,135	37,953
#4,372	Dupre	8,131	37,971

Who is named Ridenour

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

94% of people named Ridenour identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ridenour

Ridenour has the Soundex code R356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R356.

Questions

How common is the surname Ridenour?: 8,130 people in the United States had the surname Ridenour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,976 Americans. It ranked 4,373rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ridenour?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ridenour identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ridenour getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,130 in 2010, down 0.4%.