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    The surname Rumbaugh

    A surname, carried by 2,154 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R512

    Rumbaugh: #13,991 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rumbaugh #13,991, 2,154 people Rumbaugh: #13,991 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rumbaugh #13,991, 2,154 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rumbaugh is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,154 people named Rumbaugh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,336 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,135.

    #13,991
    rank among US surnames
    2,154
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,128)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,985Chatterjee2,155143,269
    #13,991Arellanes2,154143,336
    #13,997Heimann2,153143,402

    Who is named Rumbaugh

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

    94% of people named Rumbaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rumbaughs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James Rumbaugh
      American computer scientist, born 1947

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rumbaugh?
    2,154 people in the United States had the surname Rumbaugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,336 Americans. It ranked 13,991st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rumbaugh?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rumbaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Rumbaugh?
    James Rumbaugh, American computer scientist.
    Where is the surname Rumbaugh most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rumbaugh in the United States.
    Is the surname Rumbaugh getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,135 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,154 in 2010, up 0.9%.