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    The surname Ridout

    A surname, carried by 1,260 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R330

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ridout is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,260 people named Ridout in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 245,036 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,154.

    #20,910
    rank among US surnames
    1,260
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,192)

    Who is named Ridout

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

    84% of people named Ridout identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.7%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ridout

    Ridout has the Soundex code R330, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R330.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ridout?
    1,260 people in the United States had the surname Ridout in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,036 Americans. It ranked 20,910th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ridout?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Ridout identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ridout getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,260 in 2010, up 9.2%.