The surname Ringer
An English surname, carried by 5,283 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex R526
Origin
English origin
Inherited from Middle English Ryngere, from ryngere (“bell-ringer”).
One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,283 people named Ringer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,441 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,092.
Who is named Ringer
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Ringer identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 85%
- Black (not Hispanic) 10%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Ringer has the Soundex code R526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R526.
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ringer come from?
- Inherited from Middle English Ryngere, from ryngere (“bell-ringer”).
- How common is the surname Ringer?
- 5,283 people in the United States had the surname Ringer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,441 Americans. It ranked 6,430th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ringer?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Ringer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Ringer?
- Ringer is /ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Ringer getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,283 in 2010, up 3.8%.