# Ryder (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ryder/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation for a rider, cavalryman, or knight.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,228 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,544 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,700 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (14,004 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ryder in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ryder in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Ryder

- Winona Ryder, American actress (born 1971)
- Talia Ryder, American actress
- Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (1847–1917)
- Dylan Ryder, American pornographic film actress (born 1981)
- Alfred Ryder, American actor (1916–1995)
- Mark Ryder, actor
- Loren L. Ryder, American sound engineer (1900-1985)
- Aaron Ryder, American film producer
- Gina Ryder, American pornographic actress
- Richard Ryder, American actor (1942-1995)
- Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer (1889-1977)

## Similar surnames

Rider, Rader, Rudder, Ruder, Ridder, Roder, Reder, Ritter, Reeder, Reiter, Reuter, Rutter.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.