Explore the Family Name Ruddock

The meaning of Ruddock

English: variant of Ruddick. This form of the surname is common in Ireland.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Ruddock has seen a moderate increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Ruddock was ranked as the 23,884th most popular surname, however, it moved up to the 23,120th spot by 2010, marking a 3.2% increase. The count of people with this surname also increased by approximately 11.85%, growing from 987 individuals in 2000 to 1104 in 2010. Despite these changes, the proportion of the Ruddock surname per 100,000 people remained the same at 0.37.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,884	#23,120	3.2%
Count	987	1,104	11.85%
Proportion per 100k	0.37	0.37	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ruddock

When we look at the ethnic identity associated with the surname Ruddock according to the Decennial U.S. Census, we see slight shifts over the ten-year period. While the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White in both 2000 (70.42%) and 2010 (65.58%), there was a decrease of around 6.87%. On the other hand, those who identified as Black saw an increase from 23.91% to 27.90% during the same time period. The Hispanic representation within the Ruddock surname also increased by 36.15%, albeit from a smaller base of 2.13% in 2000. Other ethnic identities, including Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native, also noted small increases, while those identifying with two or more races decreased slightly.

	2000	2010	Change
White	70.42%	65.58%	-6.87%
Black	23.91%	27.9%	16.69%
Hispanic	2.13%	2.9%	36.15%
Two or More Races	2.33%	2.26%	-3%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.71%	0.82%	15.49%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.51%	0.54%	5.88%