# Ringold (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ringold/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 622 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,048 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 496,375 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (592 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, variant of German Ringolt, equivalent to Ring (“ring”) + walten (“to rule”). Compare Ringgold. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Reingold, from German rein (“pure”) + Gold.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ringold in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 53% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 5.3% |

## Similar surnames

Ringgold, Ringler, Ringle, Ringel, Rangel, Ronquillo, Runkle, Runkel.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.