How common is the surname Rider?

16,352 people in the United States had the surname Rider in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,881 Americans. It ranked 2,227th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Rider?

Seth Rider, American triathlete, followed by Stephen Rider.

Where is the surname Rider most common?

Wikidata records people named Rider in the United States.

Is the surname Rider getting more or less common?

More common. 16,048 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,352 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Rider

An occupational surname, carried by 16,352 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). Rider is more common than 98.6% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from the noun rider. * Also as an English surname, from Old English rēodan (“to clear out”), from Proto-West Germanic *reudan. Compare Reeder. * Also as an English surname, from dialectal rithe (“small stream”). * As an Irish surname, calque from Irish ó marcaigh (“descendant of the (horse)rider”). This is also found directly in Markey. * As a German surname, Americanized from Reiter.

Rider is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,352 people named Rider in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,881 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,048.

#2,227

rank among US surnames

16,352

people in 2010

5.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,071)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,218	Huston	16,435	18,786
#2,219	Foote	16,425	18,797
#2,220	Ennis	16,419	18,804
#2,221	Whiting	16,418	18,805
#2,222	Chadwick	16,415	18,809
#2,223	Adler	16,412	18,812
#2,224	Barney	16,404	18,821

Who is named Rider

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

89% of people named Rider identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Riders

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Seth Rider
American triathlete, born 1997
Stephen Rider
American film and television actor (born 1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rider

Rider 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 Rider come from?: * As an English surname, from the noun rider. * Also as an English surname, from Old English rēodan (“to clear out”), from Proto-West Germanic *reudan. Compare Reeder. * Also as an English surname, from dialectal rithe (“small stream”). * As an Irish surname, calque from Irish ó marcaigh…
How common is the surname Rider?: 16,352 people in the United States had the surname Rider in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,881 Americans. It ranked 2,227th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rider?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Rider identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Rider?: Seth Rider, American triathlete, followed by Stephen Rider.
Where is the surname Rider most common?: Wikidata records people named Rider in the United States.
What type of surname is Rider?: Rider is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Rider getting more or less common?: More common. 16,048 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,352 in 2010, up 1.9%.