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The surname Ruddell

A surname, carried by 1,379 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R340

Ruddell: #19,567 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ruddell #19,567, 1,379 people Ruddell: #19,567 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ruddell #19,567, 1,379 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruddell is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,379 people named Ruddell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 223,891 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,349.

#19,567
rank among US surnames
1,379
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+2.2%
change since 2000 (was #18,781)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#19,559Walder1,380223,729
#19,567Kilbourn1,379223,891

Who is named Ruddell

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

94% of people named Ruddell identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
  • Two or more races 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

  • Ruddle

Surnames that sound like Ruddell

Ruddell has the Soundex code R340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R340.

Questions

How common is the surname Ruddell?
1,379 people in the United States had the surname Ruddell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,891 Americans. It ranked 19,567th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ruddell?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ruddell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ruddell getting more or less common?
More common. 1,349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,379 in 2010, up 2.2%.
What are other spellings of Ruddell?
Ruddle.