Explore the Family Name Radle

The meaning of Radle

1. Americanized form of German Radel. 2. German: from a Germanized Slavic short form of a personal name based on Old Slavic radъ ‘merry, glad’. 3. German (Rädle): metonymic occupational name for a wheelwright, from a diminutive of Middle High German rat ‘wheel’.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Radle witnessed a minor fluctuation between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname dropped slightly from 28,407 to 29,366, indicating a decrease in popularity by 3.38%. However, the actual count of individuals with this surname increased marginally from 791 to 805, representing a growth of 1.77%. The proportion of the surname Radle per 100,000 people also slightly decreased by 6.9% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,407	#29,366	-3.38%
Count	791	805	1.77%
Proportion per 100k	0.29	0.27	-6.9%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Radle

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals subtle changes between 2000 and 2010. The majority of the individuals with the Radle surname identified as White, though it experienced a slight decrease from 95.58% to 94.53%. Those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase of 6.10%, while those identifying as Black also rose from 0.76% to 0.87%. Interestingly, the category 'Two or more races' and 'American Indian and Alaskan Native,' which were not recorded in 2000, reported figures of 1.37% and 0.62% respectively in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of Asian/Pacific Islanders remained almost stagnant, witnessing a negligible drop from 0.88% to 0.87%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.58%	94.53%	-1.1%
Hispanic	1.64%	1.74%	6.1%
Two or More Races	0%	1.37%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.88%	0.87%	-1.14%
Black	0.76%	0.87%	14.47%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.62%	0%