Explore the Family Name Ringdahl

The meaning of Ringdahl

1. Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Ringdal, most from Old Norse Ringdalr, a compound of ringr ‘ring, circle, bend’ (referring to a meandering river) + dalr ‘valley’. 2. Swedish: ornamental name of the same meaning as 1 above. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bjorn, Eskil.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Ringdahl has seen a modest increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. The rank of the surname has slightly improved from the 59,453rd position in 2000 to the 59,017th spot by 2010, marking a change of 0.73%. Simultaneously, the count of people carrying the Ringdahl surname has risen from 318 in 2000 to 343 in 2010, an increase of 7.86%. Despite this growth, the proportion of the surname per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.12 over this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#59,453	#59,017	0.73%
Count	318	343	7.86%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.12	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ringdahl

Moving onto the ethnic identity associated with the surname Ringdahl, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals bearing this surname identify as White. In 2000, 96.86% of people with the surname identified as White, which decreased slightly to 96.5% by 2010. The census data also showed a small shift towards greater diversity between 2000 and 2010 with the emergence of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander (2.04%) and those reporting two or more races (1.89%). However, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native among the Ringdahls was reported as zero in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.86%	96.5%	-0.37%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	2.04%	0%
Two or More Races	1.89%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%