How common is the surname Rucker?

26,581 people in the United States had the surname Rucker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,615 Americans. It ranked 1,326th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Rucker?

Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author and philosopher (born 1, followed by Darius Rucker.

Where is the surname Rucker most common?

Wikidata records people named Rucker in the United States.

Is the surname Rucker getting more or less common?

More common. 25,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,581 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Rucker

A surname, carried by 26,581 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rucker is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 26,581 people named Rucker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,615 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 25,160.

#1,326

rank among US surnames

26,581

people in 2010

9.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,287)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,317	Stinson	26,681	11,572
#1,318	Pike	26,655	11,583
#1,319	Orellana	26,651	11,585
#1,320	Downey	26,627	11,595
#1,321	Varela	26,621	11,598
#1,322	Harden	26,617	11,600
#1,323	Couch	26,615	11,600

Who is named Rucker

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

48% of people named Rucker identified as Black (not Hispanic), 46% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 48%
White (not Hispanic) 46%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Ruckers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rudy Rucker
American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author and philosopher (born 1, born 1946
Darius Rucker
American singer-songwriter, born 1966
Lamman Rucker
American actor, born 1971

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rucker

Rucker has the Soundex code R260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R260.

Questions

How common is the surname Rucker?: 26,581 people in the United States had the surname Rucker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,615 Americans. It ranked 1,326th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rucker?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Rucker identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 46% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Rucker?: Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author and philosopher (born 1, followed by Darius Rucker.
Where is the surname Rucker most common?: Wikidata records people named Rucker in the United States.
Is the surname Rucker getting more or less common?: More common. 25,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,581 in 2010, up 5.6%.