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    The surname Ruddick

    A surname, carried by 1,286 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R320

    Ruddick: #20,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ruddick #20,601, 1,286 people Ruddick: #20,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ruddick #20,601, 1,286 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruddick is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,286 people named Ruddick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,280.

    #20,601
    rank among US surnames
    1,286
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,515)

    Who is named Ruddick

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

    92% of people named Ruddick identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ruddick

    Ruddick has the Soundex code R320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ruddick?
    1,286 people in the United States had the surname Ruddick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. It ranked 20,601st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ruddick?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ruddick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ruddick getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,286 in 2010, up 0.5%.