Explore the Family Name Fludd

The meaning of Fludd

English and Welsh: variant of Flood.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Fludd in the United States?

The surname Fludd ranked as the 20,468th most popular surname in the United States in 2000, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. By 2010, it had slipped slightly to become the 21,184th most common surname, marking a decrease in popularity of 3.5%. Despite this drop in rank, the actual number of individuals with the Fludd surname increased from 1,205 in 2000 to 1,239 in 2010, representing a growth of 2.82%. However, when normalized for population growth (proportion per 100,000 people), the prevalence of the surname decreased by 6.67% over the same time period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,468	#21,184	-3.5%
Count	1,205	1,239	2.82%
Proportion per 100k	0.45	0.42	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fludd

In terms of ethnicity, the majority of individuals with the Fludd surname identified as Black, accounting for 89.21% in 2000 and 87.89% in 2010—a slight decrease of 1.48%—based on Decennial U.S. Census data. The next most common ethnic identity was White, which comprised 7.55% in 2000 and 7.51% in 2010, showing a negligible decline of 0.53%. The percentage identifying as Hispanic saw significant growth, however, increasing from 1.49% in 2000 to 2.82% in 2010—an impressive rise of 89.26%. Those identifying as two or more races also increased, from 1.41% in 2000 to 1.69% in 2010, representing a change of 19.86%. There were no recorded instances of persons with the Fludd surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	89.21%	87.89%	-1.48%
White	7.55%	7.51%	-0.53%
Hispanic	1.49%	2.82%	89.26%
Two or More Races	1.41%	1.69%	19.86%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%