Explore the Family Name Ringwood

The meaning of Ringwood

English: habitational name from Ringwood (Hampshire), probably from Old English rimuc ‘edge, border, boundary’ + wudu ‘wood’.

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

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Ringwood" has experienced a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, "Ringwood" was ranked as the 35,053rd most popular surname in the United States, with a count of 609 individuals bearing this name. However, by 2010, the surname had dropped in rank to 37,125th and the number of individuals with this surname had also decreased slightly to 601. This represents a change of -5.91 in rank and -1.31 in count.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,053	#37,125	-5.91%
Count	609	601	-1.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.2	-13.04%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ringwood

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname "Ringwood" identified as White, although this percentage fell from 82.10% in 2000 to 76.71% in 2010. Meanwhile, the proportion of those identifying as Black increased by over 25%, from 13.79% in 2000 to 17.3% in 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic remained relatively stable, increasing slightly from 3.12% in 2000 to 3.16% in 2010. Interestingly, data for 2010 showed some individuals identifying as belonging to two or more races, whereas there were none reported in this category in 2000. For the categories Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native, the figures remained at zero for both years surveyed.

	2000	2010	Change
White	82.1%	76.71%	-6.57%
Black	13.79%	17.3%	25.45%
Hispanic	3.12%	3.16%	1.28%
Two or More Races	0%	2%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%