Ruddy is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ruddy
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ruddy

How popular is Ruddy?

Ruddy is common in England.

Ruddy is ranked 58466 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ruddy bearers increased by 7.382993 per cent in 2010 US census to 3258 since 2000, the surname slipped by 86 spots and ranked at 9917. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.17 95.35
Hispanic or Latino 3.22 2.67
Others 0.95 0.92
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.86 0.56
Black 0.46 0.26
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.34 0.23
Ruddy is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 7934 people have been found who wears Ruddy as their family name. Ruddy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
615,517 Russia6
11,290 Guyana3
1,500,361 India2
147,165 Czech Republic2
50,640 Switzerland2
65,594 Belgium2
40,256 Mexico2
139,444 Brazil2
26,123 Malaysia2
5,872 Namibia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
12,741 Ecuador1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
5,916 Mozambique1
10,683 Cyprus1
19,810 Croatia1
2,211 Brunei1
7,314 Bolivia1
165,773 Belarus1
172,258 Germany1
1,254 Gibraltar1
2,057 Isle of Man1
2,724 New Caledonia1
8,268 Mauritius1
66,560 Philippines1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
28,365 Kenya1
36,678 Singapore1
14,373 Jordan1
6,212 Jamaica1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
29,774 Venezuela1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
158,588 Indonesia45
7,279 Wales45
11,444 Portugal28
71,920 Spain22
606 Guernsey18
1,163 Jersey17
26,722 New Zealand14
78,557 Netherlands13
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with hundreds of Ruddy:
890 Ireland737
6,855 Canada616
17,476 South Africa347
928 Northern Ireland346
9,680 Australia290
3,317 Scotland190
84,907 France110
Countries with thousands of Ruddy:
9,376 United States3,924
6,364 England1,102
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 19 years old workman Patk. Ruddy who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 8, 1846 by Cambridge put out from Liverpool. Workman James Ruddy, William Ruddy (44) Workman, 20 years old Pat Ruddy, Thomas Ruddy, aged 23, Mary-Ann Ruddy, aged 20, Immigrant John Ruddy, 32 years old Owen Ruddy, Thomas Ruddy (20) Workman, and 72 other Ruddy around 38.78% of whom were workman while others worked as mechanic and servant, farmer, mason, gentleman migrated to US.

Ruddy Namesakes

  • Christopher Ruddy, Broadcaster
  • John Ruddy, Soccer player
  • Christopher Ruddy, Broadcaster
  • Albert S. Ruddy, Film producer
  • Tim Ruddy, Football player
  • Craig Ruddy, Artist
  • Joe Ruddy, Swimmer
  • Lisa Ruddy, Actor
  • Paul Ruddy, Casting Director
  • Tom Ruddy, Soccer player

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