Rutherford is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rutherford
No. of characters: 10
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Rutherford

How popular is Rutherford?

Rutherford is common in United States.

Rutherford is ranked 8765 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Rutherford bearers increased by 1.960855 per cent in 2010 US census to 28079 since 2000, the surname slipped by 83 spots and ranked at 1250. The last name was found in around 95 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.13 84
Black 11.69 11.58
Others 2.29 1.59
Hispanic or Latino 2.2 1.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.16 1.02
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.53 0.34
Rutherford is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 61649 people have been found who wears Rutherford as their family name. Rutherford is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,049 Costa Rica10
8,438 China5
607,991 Indonesia5
114,007 Czech Republic4
122,390 Belarus4
2,011 South Korea4
11,480 Japan4
2,403 Vietnam4
35,789 Turkey3
32,695 Nigeria3
7,294 Kuwait3
108,034 Italy3
8,926 Cameroon3
4,367 Afghanistan2
24,269 Peru2
4,302 Benin2
4,086 Angola2
1,500,361 India2
5,217 Zambia2
18,035 Egypt2
883 Macau2
1,118 Isle of Man2
26,123 Malaysia2
2,151 Fiji2
10,683 Cyprus1
13,606 Senegal1
37,779 Serbia1
7,941 Guatemala1
3,243 Suriname1
3,071 Jersey1
3,307 Malta1
3,993 El Salvador1
28,365 Kenya1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
14,373 Jordan1
9,591 Panama1
42,479 Greece1
58,885 Poland1
2,877 Cuba1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
13,447 Uganda1
2,374 Bermuda1
36,814 Romania1
1,970 Grenada1
24,176 Qatar1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
90,903 Moldova1
492,292 Ukraine1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,525 Norway46
33,012 Belgium45
33,176 Zimbabwe38
26,164 Sweden36
257,310 Russia31
17,489 Denmark30
57,220 Netherlands27
3,873 Thailand24
7,643 Trinidad and Tobago11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,684 United Arab Emirates99
28,433 Spain90
11,021 Chile81
4,855 Singapore65
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Rutherford:
20,699 Germany504
652 Northern Ireland501
6,557 Ghana399
30,822 Philippines387
13,215 Mexico314
37,175 France269
1,197 Jamaica250
601 Guyana242
1,678 Wales237
2,105 Ireland224
31,005 Argentina164
60,164 Brazil159
1,698 Hong Kong142
321 The Bahamas139
3,083 Botswana125
Countries with thousands of Rutherford:
780 England9,292
1,018 Canada4,990
800 Australia3,810
2,649 South Africa2,447
375 Scotland2,251
387 New Zealand1,586
Countries with ten thousands of Rutherford:
1,182 United States32,438
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

J. Rutherford worked as merchant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 35 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Marmion and arrived on May 25, 1846. 22 years old Jane Rutherford, Fanny Rutherford, aged 20, Workwoman Susan Rutherford, Farmer John Rutherford, Robert Rutherford, aged 22, Farmer Adam Rutherford, Willm. Rutherford, aged 24, 21 years old Isabella Rutherford, and 65 other Rutherford around 33.33% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US.

Rutherford Namesakes

  • Dan Rutherford, Illinois Treasurer
  • Allie Rutherford, Director
  • Vickerman Henzell Rutherford, Politician
  • Jesse Rutherford, Actor
  • Ann Rutherford, Actress
  • Mike Rutherford, Musician
  • Leon Rutherford Taylor, Former Governor of New Jersey
  • Sir John Rutherford, 1st Baronet, Politician
  • Ernest Rutherford, Physicist
  • Daniel Rutherford Haldane, Physician
  • Marcus Rutherford portrayed the significant role of Sadiq in 2019 drama film County Lines.
  • In 2011, Julie Rutherford portrayed the role of Driver 2 in documentary, horror movie The Hitchhiker's Project.

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