Dudley is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dudley
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning: A town in Worcestershire, England, so called from the old English Dode-ley, the place of the dead, a burying-ground. Dodelig, in the Danish, signifies pale, death-like, mortal; so also the Dutch Doodelijk, and German Todlich. Duv-da-lethe, in the Gaelic and Celtic, which has been corrupted to Dudley, has the same signification

How popular is Dudley?

Dudley is common in United States.

Dudley is ranked 8678 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Dudley bearers increased by 2.907679 per cent in 2010 US census to 35781 since 2000, the surname slipped by 60 spots and ranked at 972. The last name was found in around 121 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.96 68.68
Black 27.67 26.99
Hispanic or Latino 2.62 1.59
Others 2.48 1.69
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.74 0.65
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.4
Dudley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Lucia is ahead in terms of density. Around 62301 people have been found who wears Dudley as their family name. Dudley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
932 Bermuda9
656,580 India9
5,318 China8
6,940 Japan8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
705 Gibraltar7
7,113 Costa Rica5
582 Liberia5
2,011 South Korea4
15,956 Venezuela3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
1,647 Fiji3
7,294 Kuwait3
19,452 Malaysia3
70,383 Tanzania3
2,672 Mozambique3
20,541 Peru3
18,718 Thailand2
40,064 Nigeria2
14,408 Uruguay2
1,472 The Bahamas2
20,186 Kenya2
4,781 Malawi2
19,093 Finland2
34,681 Norway2
50,640 Switzerland2
2,617 Cambodia2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
54,641 Sweden2
28,083 Romania2
49,529 Israel1
20,172 Hungary1
16,640 Hong Kong1
7,191 Afghanistan1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
2,211 Brunei1
3,993 El Salvador1
19,810 Croatia1
120,357 Argentina1
174,544 Czech Republic1
53,505 Turkey1
3,071 Jersey1
2,377 Marshall Islands1
13,447 Uganda1
58,885 Poland1
573 Vanuatu1
24,176 Qatar1
7,292 Vietnam1
21,562 Portugal1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
1,970 Grenada1
810,193 Indonesia1
7,198 Maldives1
7,790 Zambia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,301 Ukraine44
9,620 Singapore30
269,016 Russia29
52,530 Belgium22
606 Guernsey18
5,587 Trinidad and Tobago18
55,829 Zimbabwe16
5,263 Guyana13
3,733 Nicaragua13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
324 Saint Lucia99
5,861 Bulgaria93
32,385 Spain74
35,569 Netherlands62
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Dudley:
3,834 Sri Lanka587
1,320 New Zealand556
19,380 Germany538
850 Wales452
2,133 Scotland335
36,063 Brazil318
1,130 Jamaica268
39,199 Philippines258
1,368 Taiwan232
1,796 Panama196
2,355 Ireland191
21,011 Mexico157
6,495 Jordan123
84,907 France110
2,133 Northern Ireland107
9,004 United Arab Emirates107
Countries with thousands of Dudley:
994 England7,647
2,093 South Africa3,105
1,485 Australia2,148
1,062 Haiti1,482
3,279 Canada1,441
Countries with ten thousands of Dudley:
902 United States41,219
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Dudley worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 50 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Arrick and arrived on January 8, 1849. Workwoman Eliza Dudley, 25 years old Eliza Dudley, 22 years old James Dudley, 20 years old William Dudley, William Dudley (49) Farmer, 22 years old W.R.A. Dudley, Ann Dudley (20) Farmer, 26 years old Mrs Dudley, and 10 other Dudley around 45.45% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US.

Dudley Namesakes

  • In 0, Chad Dudley characterized the role of Jeff in comedy flick Jeff and Joan.
  • In 2014 mystery flick, I Know Sugar Hungry, Keith Dudley portrayed Forrest Hammerhands.
  • In 2012 horror movie, Stab 6: Ghostface Returns, Joshua Patrick Dudley characterized Joshua Dudley.
  • Chase Dudley, from 2014 drama, romance film 14/88, who portrayed Curtis Williams.
  • George Dudley portrayed the key role of Roscoe Barber in 2010 drama movie One Came Home.
  • Olivia Taylor Dudley, from 2015 horror, thriller flick The Vatican Tapes, who characterized Angela.

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