Find out how popular the last name Roudebush is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Roudebush.

Roudebush, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Roudebush surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Roudebush in America

Roudebush is the 17699th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Roudebush surname appeared 1,585 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Roudebush.

We can also compare 2010 data for Roudebush to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Roudebush

The surname ROUDEBUSH is of German origin, originating in the region of Bavaria in southern Germany during the late Middle Ages, around the 14th or 15th century. It is derived from the German words "roud" meaning "red" and "busch" meaning "bush" or "thicket". This likely referred to someone who lived near a distinctive red bush or thicket of red-colored vegetation.

While the earliest recorded instances of the name are difficult to pinpoint precisely, it is believed that the name first appeared in various German municipal records and church registers in the 16th and 17th centuries. One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Hans Roudebush, a farmer who lived in the village of Burglengenfeld, Bavaria, in the late 16th century.

The name ROUDEBUSH is also found in some early American colonial records, as many German immigrants brought the name to the New World in the 18th and 19th centuries. One notable early American with this surname was Johann Michael Roudebush, born in 1736 in the Palatinate region of Germany, who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1753.

Other notable individuals with the surname ROUDEBUSH throughout history include:

1. Wilhelm Roudebush (1815-1899), a German-born American politician who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
2. Henry Roudebush (1842-1922), an American Civil War veteran and farmer from Ohio.
3. Eliza Roudebush (1853-1934), an American educator and author from Indiana.
4. Alfred Roudebush (1887-1968), an American businessman and philanthropist from Indiana who established the Roudebush Trust for charitable purposes.
5. Lewis Roudebush (1901-1987), an American football player and coach who played for the University of Chicago and later coached at several colleges.

While the name ROUDEBUSH has its roots in Germany, it has since spread to other parts of the world through immigration and is now found in various countries, including the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Roudebush

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Roudebush.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Roudebush was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Roudebush has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Roudebush was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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