How common is the surname Rudy?

7,069 people in the United States had the surname Rudy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,676 Americans. It ranked 4,969th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rudy?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rudy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Rudy?

Rudy is /ˈɹuːdi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Rudy getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,069 in 2010, down 3.1%.

Is Rudy also a first name?

Yes. Rudy is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Rudy

A surname, carried by 7,069 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɹuːdi/ 2 syllables Soundex R300 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rudy is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

From Rudolph + -y.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,069 people named Rudy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,676 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,296.

#4,969

rank among US surnames

7,069

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,473)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,960	Hague	7,093	43,528
#4,961	Suh	7,089	43,553
#4,962	Hannan	7,086	43,571
#4,963	Feller	7,085	43,577
#4,964	Palomares	7,084	43,584
#4,965	Oropeza	7,082	43,596
#4,966	Lagunas	7,080	43,608

Who is named Rudy

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

94% of people named Rudy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rudy

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

Questions

Where does the surname Rudy come from?: From Rudolph + -y.
How common is the surname Rudy?: 7,069 people in the United States had the surname Rudy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,676 Americans. It ranked 4,969th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rudy?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rudy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Rudy?: Rudy is /ˈɹuːdi/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Rudy getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,069 in 2010, down 3.1%.
Is Rudy also a first name?: Yes. Rudy is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.