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The surname Ridings

A surname, carried by 3,187 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R352

Ridings: #10,107 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ridings #10,107, 3,187 people Ridings: #10,107 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ridings #10,107, 3,187 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ridings is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,187 people named Ridings in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,877 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,189.

#10,107
rank among US surnames
3,187
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
-0.1%
change since 2000 (was #9,371)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,099Standish3,18996,816
#10,103Genao3,18896,846
#10,107Calabro3,18796,877
#10,114Burman3,18696,907

Who is named Ridings

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

95% of people named Ridings identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ridingss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Richard Ridings
    British actor, born 1958

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ridings

Ridings 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 Ridings?
3,187 people in the United States had the surname Ridings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,877 Americans. It ranked 10,107th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ridings?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ridings identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ridings?
Richard Ridings, British actor.
Where is the surname Ridings most common?
Wikidata records people named Ridings in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Ridings getting more or less common?
Less common. 3,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,187 in 2010, down 0.1%.