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The surname Ridinger

A surname, carried by 1,241 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R352

Ridinger: #21,157 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ridinger #21,157, 1,241 people Ridinger: #21,157 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ridinger #21,157, 1,241 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ridinger is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,241 people named Ridinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,788 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,139.

#21,157
rank among US surnames
1,241
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+9%
change since 2000 (was #21,406)

Who is named Ridinger

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

96% of people named Ridinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ridinger

Ridinger has the Soundex code R352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R352.

Questions

How common is the surname Ridinger?
1,241 people in the United States had the surname Ridinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,788 Americans. It ranked 21,157th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ridinger?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ridinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Ridinger getting more or less common?
More common. 1,139 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,241 in 2010, up 9.0%.