How common is the surname Scudder?

3,989 people in the United States had the surname Scudder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,399 Americans. It ranked 8,308th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Scudder?

Samuel Hubbard Scudder, American entomologist and paleontologist (1837–1911), followed by Janet Scudder.

Where is the surname Scudder most common?

Wikidata records people named Scudder in the United States.

Is the surname Scudder getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,989 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Scudder

A surname, carried by 3,989 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scudder is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,989 people named Scudder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,399 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,037.

#8,308

rank among US surnames

3,989

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,596)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,299	Hoard	3,992	77,341
#8,304	Vannoy	3,991	77,360
#8,305	Jean-Pierre	3,990	77,380
#8,308	Press	3,989	77,399
#8,312	Steinbach	3,987	77,438
#8,313	Rideout	3,986	77,457
#8,316	Woodhouse	3,985	77,477

Who is named Scudder

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

87% of people named Scudder identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scudders

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Samuel Hubbard Scudder
American entomologist and paleontologist (1837–1911)
Janet Scudder
American sculptor (1869–1940)
Ida S. Scudder
American physician and missionary, 1870–1960

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scudder

Scudder has the Soundex code S360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S360.

Questions

How common is the surname Scudder?: 3,989 people in the United States had the surname Scudder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,399 Americans. It ranked 8,308th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scudder?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Scudder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Scudder?: Samuel Hubbard Scudder, American entomologist and paleontologist (1837–1911), followed by Janet Scudder.
Where is the surname Scudder most common?: Wikidata records people named Scudder in the United States.
Is the surname Scudder getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,989 in 2010, down 1.2%.