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The surname Rudin

A surname, carried by 1,306 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R350

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rudin is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,306 people named Rudin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,405 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,337.

#20,348
rank among US surnames
1,306
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-2.3%
change since 2000 (was #18,892)

Who is named Rudin

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

95% of people named Rudin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rudins

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Scott Rudin
    American film producer, born 1958
  • Mary Ellen Rudin
    American mathematician (1924–2013)
  • Walter Rudin
    American mathematician (1921-2010)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rudin

Rudin has the Soundex code R350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R350.

Questions

How common is the surname Rudin?
1,306 people in the United States had the surname Rudin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,405 Americans. It ranked 20,348th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rudin?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rudin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rudin?
Scott Rudin, American film producer, followed by Mary Ellen Rudin.
Where is the surname Rudin most common?
Wikidata records people named Rudin in the United States.
Is the surname Rudin getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,337 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,306 in 2010, down 2.3%.