Explore the Family Name Rindahl

The meaning of Rindahl

Norwegian: habitational name from any of the seven farms so named, probably from a river name derived from rind ‘ridge’ or renna ‘to run, to flow’ + Old Norse dalr ‘valley’.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Rindahl has seen a significant rise in the first decade of the 21st century. In 2000, it was ranked as the 56,687th most common name, but by 2010 it had jumped to the 51,830th position, marking an increase of 8.57 percent. The count of people bearing this surname also rose from 337 in 2000 to 401 in 2010, a growth of nearly 19 percent. This data indicates a growing prevalence of the Rindahl surname in the United States.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#56,687	#51,830	8.57%
Count	337	401	18.99%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.14	16.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Rindahl

In terms of ethnicity, the majority of individuals with the Rindahl surname identified as White, with the percentage increasing slightly from 93.18 percent in 2000 to 94.51 percent in 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. There were negligible changes in other ethnic identities; the fraction identifying as Hispanic fell by over half to 1.25 percent, and those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native decreased by 37.08 percent. However, it is worth noting that the group identifying with two or more races saw an increase, albeit from a base of 0 percent in 2000 to 1.25 percent in 2010. No individuals with the Rindahl surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.18%	94.51%	1.43%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	3.56%	2.24%	-37.08%
Two or More Races	0%	1.25%	0%
Hispanic	2.67%	1.25%	-53.18%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%