# Scudder (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,989 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,308 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 77,399 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.2% (4,037 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Scudder 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Scudder in the United States.

## People named Scudder

- Samuel Hubbard Scudder, American entomologist and paleontologist (1837–1911)
- Janet Scudder, American sculptor (1869–1940)
- Ida S. Scudder, American physician and missionary

## Similar surnames

Scuderi, Souder, Sauder, Starr, Story, Storey, Sutter, Suter, Sauter, Stroh, Straw, Sather.

## 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.