Rutledge is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rutledge
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Rutledge

How popular is Rutledge?

Rutledge is common in United States.

Rutledge is ranked 14251 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Rutledge bearers increased by 3.37178 per cent in 2010 US census to 26887 since 2000, the surname slipped by 65 spots and ranked at 1306. The last name was found in around 91 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 75.32 77.32
Black 19.21 18.59
Hispanic or Latino 2.35 1.55
Others 1.92 1.58
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.73 0.63
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.48 0.33
Rutledge is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Norfolk Island is ahead in terms of density. Around 37073 people have been found who wears Rutledge as their family name. Rutledge is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
116,327 Spain6
13,220 Thailand6
103,755 Czech Republic5
101,066 Zimbabwe5
720,003 Russia4
6,779 Nicaragua3
46,068 Philippines3
2,720 South Korea3
14,078 Japan3
91,784 Netherlands2
17,547 Colombia2
20,595 China2
19,093 Finland2
7,299 Estonia2
723,167 Indonesia2
40,256 Mexico2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
1,834 Malta2
10,958 Bangladesh1
7,847 Albania1
317 Norfolk Island1
31,584 Peru1
6,820 Angola1
120,357 Argentina1
1,879 Belize1
4,249 Cambodia1
50,549 Georgia1
47,891 Norway1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
17,575 Kuwait1
36,678 Singapore1
49,529 Israel1
77,122 Sweden1
81,201 Switzerland1
18,969 Wales1
29,595 Iran1
91,024 Belgium1
15,162 Costa Rica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
4,813 Hong Kong47
11,040 Scotland39
2,645 Luxembourg26
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
Countries with hundreds of Rutledge:
8,507 England780
1,928 New Zealand391
38,477 Germany269
2,468 Ireland180
32,575 South Africa164
60,164 Brazil159
1,763 Northern Ireland143
Countries with thousands of Rutledge:
1,866 Canada2,716
3,029 Australia1,018
Countries with ten thousands of Rutledge:
1,238 United States30,993
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Robert Rutledge worked as immigrant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 27 years old embarked for USA from Dublin on Agnes and arrived on December 5, 1848. John Rutledge (22) Workman, Brien Rutledge (22) Immigrant, Edward Rutledge (22) Workman, Immigrant Mary-Jane Rutledge, Hugh Rutledge, aged 27, William Rutledge (1 year old), Catharine Rutledge, Immigrant Eliza Rutledge, and 30 other Rutledge around 44.44% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin and Galway.

Rutledge Namesakes

  • David Rutledge, Engineer
  • Rod Rutledge, Football player
  • Archibald Rutledge, Poet
  • Thomas Rutledge, Politician
  • D. W. Rutledge, Football player
  • Justin Rutledge, Singer-songwriter
  • Danita Rutledge, Jaucady Rutledge's mother
  • Justin Rutledge, Singer-songwriter
  • Owen Rutledge, Actor
  • Archibald Rutledge, Poet
  • Amy Rutledge, from 2012 horror, mystery flick The Death of April, who portrayed Kim Fadden.

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