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    The surname Rudder

    A surname, carried by 2,719 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R360

    Rudder: #11,560 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rudder #11,560, 2,719 people Rudder: #11,560 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rudder #11,560, 2,719 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rudder is more common than 92.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,719 people named Rudder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,551 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,673.

    #11,560
    rank among US surnames
    2,719
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #10,923)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,553Stice2,721113,468
    #11,555Rall2,720113,509
    #11,560Lupton2,719113,551
    #11,568Carbonell2,718113,593

    Who is named Rudder

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

    77% of people named Rudder identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rudder

    Rudder has the Soundex code R360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rudder?
    2,719 people in the United States had the surname Rudder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,551 Americans. It ranked 11,560th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rudder?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Rudder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Rudder getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,719 in 2010, up 1.7%.