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    The surname Ringgold

    A surname, carried by 1,553 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R524

    Ringgold: #17,980 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ringgold #17,980, 1,553 people Ringgold: #17,980 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ringgold #17,980, 1,553 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ringgold is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    From the German surname, Americanized from Ringold.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,553 people named Ringgold in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,806 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,422.

    #17,980
    rank among US surnames
    1,553
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,077)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,975Archila1,554198,678
    #17,980Plath1,553198,806

    Who is named Ringgold

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

    55% of people named Ringgold identified as Black (not Hispanic), 35% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 55%
    • White (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Two or more races 5.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Ringgolds

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Faith Ringgold
      American artist and author (1930–2024)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ringgold

    Ringgold has the Soundex code R524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R524.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ringgold come from?
    From the German surname, Americanized from Ringold.
    How common is the surname Ringgold?
    1,553 people in the United States had the surname Ringgold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,806 Americans. It ranked 17,980th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ringgold?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Ringgold identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 35% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ringgold?
    Faith Ringgold, American artist and author (1930–2024).
    Where is the surname Ringgold most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ringgold in the United States.
    Is the surname Ringgold getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,422 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,553 in 2010, up 9.2%.