How common is the surname Ryman?

1,994 people in the United States had the surname Ryman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,837 Americans. It ranked 14,854th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ryman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ryman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ryman getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,994 in 2010, down 3.2%.

The surname Ryman

A surname, carried by 1,994 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ryman is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,994 people named Ryman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,837 Americans. That is down 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,060.

#14,854

rank among US surnames

1,994

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-3.2%

change since 2000 (was #13,530)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,848	Aslam	1,995	154,760
#14,854	Knights	1,994	154,837
#14,862	Werts	1,993	154,915

Who is named Ryman

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

95% of people named Ryman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ryman

Ryman has the Soundex code R550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R550.

Questions

How common is the surname Ryman?: 1,994 people in the United States had the surname Ryman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,837 Americans. It ranked 14,854th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ryman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ryman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ryman getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,994 in 2010, down 3.2%.