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    The surname Rud

    A surname, carried by 1,612 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R300

    Rud: #17,481 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rud #17,481, 1,612 people Rud: #17,481 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rud #17,481, 1,612 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rud is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,612 people named Rud in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,463.

    #17,481
    rank among US surnames
    1,612
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,676)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,472Wisneski1,613191,411
    #17,481Searls1,612191,529

    Who is named Rud

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

    95% of people named Rud identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rud

    Rud has the Soundex code R300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rud?
    1,612 people in the United States had the surname Rud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. It ranked 17,481st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rud?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rud identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rud getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,612 in 2010, up 10%.