How common is the surname Ryland?

2,043 people in the United States had the surname Ryland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,124 Americans. It ranked 14,579th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ryland getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,043 in 2010, down 3.0%.

Is Ryland also a first name?

Yes. Ryland 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 Ryland

An English place surname, carried by 2,043 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R453 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). Ryland is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English ryge (“rye”) + land (“land”).

Ryland is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,043 people named Ryland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,124 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,107.

#14,579

rank among US surnames

2,043

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-3%

change since 2000 (was #13,282)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,570	Amy	2,045	150,976
#14,571	Varughese	2,044	151,050
#14,579	Boysen	2,043	151,124
#14,585	Strine	2,042	151,198
#14,587	Emrich	2,041	151,272

Who is named Ryland

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

77% of people named Ryland identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ryland

Ryland has the Soundex code R453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R453.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ryland come from?: From Old English ryge (“rye”) + land (“land”).
How common is the surname Ryland?: 2,043 people in the United States had the surname Ryland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,124 Americans. It ranked 14,579th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ryland?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Ryland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Ryland?: Ryland is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Ryland getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,043 in 2010, down 3.0%.
Is Ryland also a first name?: Yes. Ryland 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.